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. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.

Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* 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, mentioned in the Book of Nahum
* Ammon – Canaanite state
* Attalia – In Asia Minor
* Antioch – In Asia Minor
* Antipatris
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Damascus
* Dan (formerly Laish)

## E

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

## J

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

## K

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* 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

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* Lachish
* Laish
* Laodicea
* Larsa – Mesopotamian city
* Lebanon
* Lehi
* Lycia – Nation in Asia Minor
* Lydia – Nation in Asia Minor
* Lystra

## M

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* 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

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* 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

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* Ono
* Ophir
* Opis – Mesopotamian/Babylonian City
* Osroene – Neo-Assyrian state

## P

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* 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

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

## S

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* Samaria – Nation of the Samaritans
* Sardis
* Scythia – Nation in Asia Minor
* Shalem
* Sheba – Pre-Arab state in Yemen
* Shechem
* Sheol
* Shiloh
* Shinar – Mesopotamian city
* Shomron
* Shubat-Enlil – Assyrian city
* Shur (Bible), also Sur (wilderness of ~, way of ~)
* Sidon
* Sin Desert
* Sinai
* Smyrna
* Sodom
* Spain – Romans 15.24
* Sumer/Sumeria – Mesopotamian state and region
* Syria/Aramea

## T

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

## U

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* 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

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* Via Dolorosa

## X

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* Xaloth – the biblical Chesulloth (now Iksal)

xerxes. Ahasuerus, the Persian king in the Book of Esther.

## Y

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* Yarmut: see Jarmuth
* Yemen

## Z

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

## See also

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* 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

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