Paran
pa'-ran, (pa'ran, 'el-pa'ran; Pharan):
(1) El-paran (Gen 14:6) was the point farthest South reached
by the kings. Septuagint renders 'el by terebinthos, and
reads, "unto the terebinth of Paran." The evidence is
slender, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that this is
the place elsewhere (Dt 2:8; 1 Ki 9:26, etc.) called Elath
or Eloth ('el w...
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Desert or wilderness of
Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12; 12:16; 13:3,26; De 1:1
-Mountains of
De 33:2; Hab 3:3
-Israelites encamp in
Nu 12:16
-David takes refuge in
1Sa 25:1
-Hadad flees to
1Ki 11:17,18...
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(peace of caverns), a desert or wilderness, bounded on the
north by Israel, on the east by the valley of Arabah, on
the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the west by the
wilderness of Etham, which separated it from the Gulf of
Suez and Egypt. The first notice of Paran is in connection
with the invasion of the confederate kings. Ge 14:6 The ...
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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 d...
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EL PARAN. The Et Tih ("the wanderings") desert, N. of the
wilderness of Sinai. Israel passed from the latter into
Paran on their way N. toward Kadesh. frontKADESH.) (Numbers
10:12; Numbers 13:26). Paran comprises one third of the
peninsula which lies between Egypt and Canaan, the eastern
half of the limestone plateau which forms the center of ...
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And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of
Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto
all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land....
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And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the
wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of
Paran....
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These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this
side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the
Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth,
and Dizahab....
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And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered
together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at
Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of
Paran....
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