פָּארָן
Pâʼrân · paw-rawn'
Paran, a desert of Arabia
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6286 (פָּאַר); ornamental;
Paran, a desert of Arabia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Paran.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the seed, life continuing
To speak, the word of strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּארָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of paran6 · 55%
- paran2 · 18%
- sea, between paran1 · 9%
- to paran1 · 9%
- with them out of paran1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.