List of biblical places

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. See 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
  • Akkad – Mesopotamian state
  • Allammelech – within the Tribe of Asher land, described in the Book of Joshua.[1]
  • Allon Bachuth
  • Alqosh, in the Nineveh Plains, mentiomed in the Book of Nahum
  • Ammon – Canaanite state
  • Attalia – In Asia Minor
  • Antioch – In Asia Minor
  • Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula)
  • Aram/Aramea – (Modern Syria)
  • Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city
  • Archevite
  • Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus.
  • Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk
  • Ashdod
  • Ashkelon
  • Ashur/Asshur/Assur – capital city of Assyria
  • Assyria – Mesopotamian Semitic state

B

  • Baal-hazor – Canaanite city
  • Babel
  • Babylon/Babylonia – Mesopotamian state
  • Beer-Sheba
  • Beirut
  • Berea
  • Beth-Anath
  • Bethany
  • Bethel
  • Bethharan
  • Bethlehem
  • Beth-rehob
  • Bethsaida
  • Beth Shemesh in Judah (distinct from those in Naphtali and Issachar)
  • Betshean
  • Bochim
  • Byblos – Phoenician state

C

  • Cabul
  • Calah/Kalhu/Nimrud – Assyrian city
  • Calneh – Assyrian city
  • Cana – Galilee
  • Canaan – Region on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean
  • Capernaum
  • Cappadocia – Region in Asia Minor
  • Carchemish – Assyrian city
  • Caria – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Cenchrea
  • Chaldea – Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia
  • Chezib of Judah
  • Chorazin
  • Cilicia – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Crete, Greek island
  • Commagene – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Corduene – Nation in central Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
  • Corinth, City in Greece
  • Cush – African state
  • Cyprus

D

  • Damascus
  • Dan (formerly Laish)

E

  • Ebla – East Semitic state in northern Syria
  • Edom –Ancient kingdom in Transjordan
  • Egypt
  • Ekron
  • Elam – Pre-Iranic Nation in Ancient Iran
  • Elim
  • Emmaus
  • En Gedi
  • Ephesia/Ephesus – Greek city in Asia Minor
  • Eridu – Mesopotamian city
  • Eritrea- Erythraean Sea Ancient name for Red Sea and surrounding region
  • Eshcol
  • Eshnunna – Mesopotamian city state
  • Esthaol
  • Ethiopia

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
  • Gerar
  • Gethsemane
  • Gibeon
  • Gilead
  • Golgotha
  • Gomorrah
  • Goshen
  • Great Sea – Mediterranean Sea in the Bible
  • Greece
  • Gutium – state in Iran

H

  • Heaven
  • Haran
  • Harran – Assyrian City
  • Hattusa – Capital of Hittite Empire in Asia Minor
  • Hatti – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Havilah
  • Hazazon Tamar (also Hazazon-tamar or Hatzatzon-Tamar) – Ein Gedi
  • Hebron
  • Helam
  • Hell
  • Hill of Gash
  • Hurri Nation – Nation in Asia Minor

I

  • Israel
  • Imgur-Enlil – Assyrian City
  • India – Esther 1:1

J

  • Jabbok
  • Jaffa
  • Jarmuth (Yarmut)
  • Jeshanah
  • Jerash (Gerasa)
  • Jericho
  • Jerusalem
  • Jordan River
  • Judah
  • Judea
  • Jubilee

K

  • Kabzeel
  • Kadesh-Barnea
  • Kaska – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Kassite state – in Iran
  • Keilah
  • Kiriath-Jearim – City in Gibeon
  • Kish – Mesopotamian City 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

  • Naarath
  • Nahor
  • Nahrain (Mesopotamia)
  • Nazareth
  • Nimrud – later name for the Assyrian city of Kalhu/Calah
  • Nineveh – Capital of Assyria
  • Nile – river in northeastern Africa
  • Nod

O

P

  • Palmyra – Aramean state in Syria
  • Paran
  • Parthia – Nation in Iran
  • Penuel
  • Perga – Town In Asia Minor
  • Persia – Nation in Iran
  • Petra
  • Philistia – Original name of Palestine
  • Phrygia – Nation in Asia Minor
  • Phut
  • Phoenicia
  • Pithom
  • Punt
  • Puqudu, as "Pekod"
  • Patmos

R

  • Ramathlehi
  • Rapiqum – Assyrian City
  • Rehoboth (Bible)
  • Rephidim
  • Roman Empire – Rome

S

T

  • Tabal – Georgian state in Asia Minor
  • Tarshish
  • Tel Dan
  • Til-barsip – Assyrian city
  • Timnath-serah
  • Timnath
  • Trachonitis
  • Tushhan – Assyrian city
  • Tyre

U

V

  • Via Dolorosa

X

  • Xaloth – the biblical Chesulloth (now Iksal)

Y

  • Yarmut: see Jarmuth
  • Yemen

Z

  • Zanoah
  • Zelah, Judea
  • Zelzah
  • Zemaraim
  • Zeredathah
  • Zoara
  • Zorah
  • Zion
  • Zobah

See also

  • List of biblical names
  • List of Hebrew place names
  • List of modern names for biblical place names
  • List of nations mentioned in the Bible
  • Cities in the Book of Joshua

References

  1. ↑ "Topical Bible: Alammelech". Bible Hub. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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