List of biblical places
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This is an incomplete list of places, lands, and countries mentioned in the Bible. Some places may be listed twice, under two different names. Only places having their own articles here are included.
A[edit]
- Absalom's Monument
- Achaia
- Adiabene - Neo Assyrian State
- Ai
- Akko
- Akkad - Mesopotamian state
- Ammon - Canaanite state
- 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/Urbil) - 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[edit]
- Baal-hazor - Canaanite city
- Babel
- Babylon/Babylonia - Mesopotamian state
- Beer-Sheba
- Beit El
- Beirut
- Berea
- Bethany
- Bethel
- Bethharan
- Bethlehem
- Bochim
- Byblos - Phoenician state
- Beersheba
C[edit]
- Calah/Kalhu/Nimrud - Assyrian city
- Calneh - Assyrian city
- Canaan - Africa
- Capernaum
- Cappadocia - Region in Asia Minor
- Carchemish - Assyrian city
- Caria - Nation in Asia Minor
- Cilicia - Nation in Asia Minor
- Cimmeria - Nation in northern Asia Minor
- Commagene - Nation in Asia Minor
- Corduene - Nation in central Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
- Cush - African state
- Chaldea - Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia
D[edit]
- Damascus - Aramean city and state
- Dan
- Debir
- Dilmun - Pre-Arab state in the Arabian peninsula
- Dothan
- Dur-Sharrukin - Assyrian city
E[edit]
- Ebla - East Semitic state in northern Syria
- Eden
- Egypt
- Ekron
- Elam - Pre-Iranic Nation in Ancient Iran
- Elim
- En Gedi
- Enoch
- Ephesia/Ephesus - Greek city in Asia Minor
- Eridu - Mesopotamian city
- Eshcol
- Eshnunna - Mesopotamian city state
- Ethiopia
- Etham
G[edit]
- Gabbatha
- Galilee
- Gath
- Gaza
- Georgia
- Gethsemane
- Gibeon
- Gilead
- Golgotha
- Gomorrah
- Goshen
- Greece
- Gutium - state in Iran
H[edit]
- 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
- Hill of Gash
- Hurri Nation - Nation in Asia Minor
I[edit]
- Imgur-Enlil - Assyrian City
- India - Esther 8:9
J[edit]
K[edit]
- Kabzeel
- Kadesh-Barnea
- Kaska - Nation in Asia Minor
- Kassite state - in Iran
- Kish - Mesopotamian Ciy State
- Kush/Cush - in northeast Africa
L[edit]
- Laban
- Lachish
- Laish
- Laodicea
- Larsa - Mesopotamian city
- Lebanon
- Lehi
- Lycia - Nation in Asia Minor
- Lydia - Nation in Asia Minor
- Lystra
M[edit]
- Machpela
- Magan - Pre-Arab state in Oman
- Mamre Plain
- Mannea - Nation in Iran
- Marah
- Mari - Assyrian city
- 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
- Miriam
- Moab - Cannanite state
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Ephraim
- Mount Nebo
- Mount Sinai
Mount Zabor
- Mount Zemaraim
- Mysia - state in Asia Minor
N[edit]
- Nahor
- Nahrain (Mesopotamia)
- Nazareth
- Nibarti-Ashur - Assyrian city
- Nimrud - later name for the Assyrian city of Kalhu/Calah
- Nineveh - Capital of Assyria
- Nippur - Babylonian city
- Nod
O[edit]
- On
- Ophir
- Opis - Mesopotamian/Babylonian City
- Osroene - Neo Assyrian state
P[edit]
- Palestine
- Palmyra - Aramean state in Syria
- Paran
- Parthia - Nation in Iran
- Penuel
- Persia - Nation in Iran
- Petra
- Philistia - Original name of Palestine
- Phrygia - Nation in Asia Minor
- Phut
- Pithom
- Punt
R[edit]
- Ramathlehi
- Rapiqum - Assyrian City
- Rephidim
- Rome - Roman Empire
S[edit]
- Samaria - Nation of the Samaritans
- Scythia - Nation in Asia Minor
- Shalem
- Sheba - Pre-Arab state in Yemen
- Shechem
- Shinar - Mesopotamian city
- Shomron
- Shubat-Enlil - Assyrian city
- Sidon
- Sin Desert
- Sinai
- Smyrna
- Sodom
- Spain - Romanos 15.24
- Sumer/Sumeria - Mesopotamian state and region
- Syria/Aramea
T[edit]
- Tabal - Georgian state in Asia Minor
- Tarshish
- Tel Dan
- Til-barsip - Assyrian city
- Timnath-serah
- Timnath
- Tushhan - Assyrian city
- Tyre
U[edit]
- Ugarit - Amorite state
- Umma - Mesopotamian state and city
- Ur - Mesopotamian state and city
- Urartu - Hurrian state in the Caucasus
- Urkish - Mesopotamian state and city
- Uruk - Mesopotamian state and city
- The Land of Uz
V[edit]
Z[edit]
- Zaanan
- Zair
- Zalmon
- Zalmonah
- Zanoah
- Zareah
- Zartanah
- Zelah
- Zemaraim
- Zephi
- Zeredathah
- Zorah
- Zion
- Zior
- Zoba
Notes[edit]
Note: This list is currently incomplete
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- "WebBible Encyclopedia – Places in the Bible". Retrieved 2009-06-05.
