Paran,

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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]:

  Paran, beauty; glory; ornament