BIBLE DICTIONARY
Paran, Wilderness of

The desert between Judaea and Sinai, forming the central part of the Sinaitic peninsula (Gen. 21: 21; Num. 10: 12; Num. 12: 16; Num. 13: 3, 26; Deut. 1: 1; Deut. 33: 2; 1 Sam. 25: 1; 1 Kgs. 11: 18; Hab. 3: 3); called El-paran (Gen. 14: 6).