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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Paran | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Paran | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Paran 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). | |
| From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
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Paran, beauty; glory; ornament | |
