List of biblical places
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The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included: so also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
A
- Absalom's Monument
- Achaia
- Admah
- Ai
- Akko
- Mesopotamianstate
- Allammelech – within the Tribe of Asher land, described in the Book of Joshua.[1]
- Alqosh, in the Nineveh Plains, mentiomed in the Book of Nahum
- Ammon – Canaanite state
- Asia Minor
- Asia Minor
- Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula)
- Aramea – (Modern Syria)
- Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city
- Archevite
- Ariel
- Asia Minor and southern Caucasus.
- Ashdod
- Ashkelon
- Ashur/Asshur/Assur – capital city of Assyria
- MesopotamianSemitic state
B
- Baal-hazor – Canaanite city
- Babel
- Mesopotamianstate
- Beer-Sheba
- Beit El
- Beirut
- Berea
- Beth-Anath
- Bethany
- Bethel
- Bethharan
- Bethlehem
- Bethsaida
- Beth Shemesh in Judah (distinct from those in Naphtali and Issachar)
- Bochim
- Byblos – Phoenician state
- Beersheba
- Betshean
C
- Cabul
- city
- Calneh – Assyrian city
- Cana – Galilee
- Canaan – Region on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean
- Capernaum
- Asia Minor
- Carchemish – Assyrian city
- Asia Minor
- Cenchrea
- Chezib of Judah
- Chorazin
- Asia Minor
- Crete, Greek island
- Asia Minor
- Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
- Corinth, City in Greece
- Cush – African state
- Mesopotamianstate, eventually encompassing Babylonia
- Cyprus
D
E
- East Semiticstate in northern Syria
- Edom –Ancient kingdom in Transjordan
- Egypt
- Ekron
- Ancient Iran
- Elim
- Emmaus
- En-hakkore
- En Gedi
- Asia Minor
- Mesopotamiancity
- Eritrea- Erythraean Sea Ancient name for Red Sea and surrounding region
- Eshcol
- Mesopotamiancity state
- Ethiopia
- Etham
G
- Gabatha (disambiguation) - several, listed by Eusebius together with Gaba, Giv'a etc.
- Gabbatha or Lithostrotos
- Galilee
- Garden of Eden
- Gath
- Gaul – modern France
- Gaza
- Georgia
- Gethsemane
- Gibeon
- Gilead
- Golgotha
- Gomorrah
- Goshen
- Great Sea – Mediterranean Sea in the Bible
- Greece
- Gutium – state in Iran
H
- Heaven
- Haran
- Harran – Assyrian City
- Asia Minor
- Asia Minor
- Havilah
- Hazazon Tamar (also Hazazon-tamar or Hatzatzon-Tamar) – Ein Gedi
- Hebron
- Helam
- Hell
- Hill of Gash
- Asia Minor
I
J
K
- Kabzeel
- Kadesh-Barnea
- Asia Minor
- Kassitestate – in Iran
- Keilah
- Kiriath-Jearim – City in Gibeon
- MesopotamianCity State
- Kush/Cush – in northeast Africa
L
M
- Machpela
- Macedonia
- Magan – Pre-Arab state in Oman
- Maltese Archipelago
- Mamre Plain
- Mannea – Nation in Iran
- Marah
- Mari – Assyrian city
- Mareshah
- Media– Nation in Iran
- Megiddo
- Meluhha – Pre-Arab state in the Arabian Peninsula
- Memphis
- Mesopotamia – Includes the kingdoms of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Chaldea, and the neo Assyrian states of Adiabene, Osroene and Hatra.
- Midian
- Moab – Cannanite state
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Ephraim
- Mount Hermon
- Mount Nebo
- Mount of Olives
- Mount Sinai
- Mount Tabor
- Mount Zemaraim
- Mount Zion
- Mysia – state in Asia Minor
N
- Nahor
- Nahrain (Mesopotamia)
- Nazareth
- Calah
- Nineveh – Capital of Assyria
- Nile – river in northeastern Africa
- Nod
O
- Ono
- Ophir
- Mesopotamian/BabylonianCity (Jachel Dumitru Narcis gr 3)
- Neo-Assyrianstate
P
- Palestine
- Arameanstate in Syria
- Paran
- Parthia – Nation in Iran
- Penuel
- Asia Minor
- Persia – Nation in Iran
- Petra
- Philistia – Original name of Palestine
- Asia Minor
- Phut
- Phoenicia
- Pithom
- Punt
- Puqudu, as "Pekod"
- Patmos
R
- Ramathlehi
- Rapiqum – Assyrian City
- Rehoboth (Bible)
- Rephidim
- Roman Empire – Rome
S
- Samaria – Nation of the Samaritans
- Sardis
- Asia Minor
- Shalem
- Sheba – Pre-Arab state in Yemen
- Shechem
- Sheol
- Shiloh
- Mesopotamiancity
- Shomron
- Shubat-Enlil– Assyrian city
- Shur (Bible), also Sur (wilderness of ~, way of ~)
- Sidon
- Sin Desert
- Sinai
- Smyrna
- Sodom
- Spain – Romans 15.24
- Mesopotamianstate and region
- Aramea
T
- Georgianstate in Asia Minor
- Tarshish
- Tel Dan
- Til-barsip – Assyrian city
- Timnath-serah
- Timnath
- Trachonitis
- Tushhan – Assyrian city
- Tyre
U
- Amoritestate
- Mesopotamianstate and city
- Mesopotamianstate and city
- Hurrian state in the Caucasus
- Mesopotamianstate and city
- Mesopotamianstate and city
- The Land of Uz
V
X
Xaloth – the biblical Chesulloth (now Iksal)
Y
- Yarmut: see Jarmuth
- Yemen
Z
- Zaanan
- Zair
- Zalmonah
- Zanoah
- Zareah
- Zartanah
- Zelah, Judea (Zelahzaliya)[clarification needed]
- Zelzah
- Zemaraim
- Zephi
- Zeredathah
- Zoara
- Zorah
- Zion
- Zoba
See also
- List of biblical names
- List of Hebrew place names
- List of modern names for biblical place names
- Cities in the Book of Joshua
References
- ^ "Topical Bible: Alammelech". Bible Hub. Retrieved 18 January 2024.