Paran

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biblical region desert region wilderness

Paran is a wilderness region in the Hebrew Bible traditionally located in the northern Sinai or southern Transjordan, associated with Israelite wanderings and prophetic activity.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paran canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region ⓘ
desert region ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
appearsInTradition Christian biblical geography ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Ishmael NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israelite wanderings ⓘ
Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ
prophetic theophany ⓘ
wilderness itinerary of Numbers 10–13 ⓘ
describedAs wilderness of Paran NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory Hebrew Bible places ⓘ
Wilderness regions in the Bible ⓘ
hasRole geographical marker in biblical narratives ⓘ
staging area in Israelite wilderness journey ⓘ
symbolic place of divine manifestation ⓘ
hasTypeOf wilderness encampment region ⓘ
hasUncertainLocation true ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of 1 Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Habakkuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameInHebrew פָּארָן NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableVerse Deuteronomy 33:2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Genesis 21:21 ⓘ
Habakkuk 3:3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Numbers 10:12 ⓘ
Numbers 12:16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Numbers 13:3 ⓘ
partOf Arabian Desert (some identifications) ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula (traditional identification) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlace Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kadesh-barnea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seir NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn biblical geography ⓘ
historical geography of the Levant ⓘ
timePeriod biblical antiquity ⓘ
traditionallyLocatedIn northern Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Transjordan ⓘ
transliteration Pārān NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs poetic image of God coming from the south ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Genesis 21 → mentionsPlace → Paran ⓘ
wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) → nameForm → Paran ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilderness of Paran