Paran
In Bible versions:
Paran: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
beauty; glory; ornament
a wilderness of East central Sinai peninsula (IBD)
NET Glossary: Array
a wilderness of East central Sinai peninsula (IBD)
NET Glossary: Array
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Paran 
(29° 9´, 33° 32´);
(29° 9´, 33° 32´); Hebrew
Strongs #06290: Nrap Pa'ran
Paran = "place of caverns"1) wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by
the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and
on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this
area and probably all 18 stops were in this area
6290 Pa'ran paw-rawn'
from 6286; ornamental; Paran, a desert of Arabia: KJV -- Paran.see HEBREW for 06286
Paran [nave]
PARANDesert or wilderness of, Gen. 21:21; Num. 10:12; 12:16; 13:3, 26; Deut. 1:1.
Mountains of, Deut. 33:2; Hab. 3:3.
Israelites encamp in, Num. 12:16.
David takes refuge in, 1 Sam. 25:1.
Hadad flees to, 1 Kin. 11:17, 18.
Paran [ebd]
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).
PARAN [bridgeway]
Paran was a barren region in the Sinai Peninsular. It was located south of Kadesh-barnea and west of Ezion-geber. (For map and other details see KADESH-BARNEA.) Refugees at times escaped to Paran, and the people of Israel camped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan (Gen 21:21; Num 10:12; 13:25-26; 1 Kings 11:17-18).
