Paran in Easton's Bible Dictionary
abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen. 21:21),
a
desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the
peninsula
of Sinai, lying between the 'Arabah on the east and
the
wilderness of Shur on the west. It is intersected in a
north-western direction by the Wady el-'Arish. It
bears the
modern name of Badiet et-Tih, i.e., "the desert of the
wanderings." This district, through which the children
of Israel
wandered, lay three days' march from Sinai (Num.
10:12, 33).
From Kadesh, in this wilderness, spies (q.v.) were
sent to spy
the land (13:3, 26). Here, long afterwards, David
found refuge
from Saul (1 Sam. 25:1, 4).
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