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, 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
- 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
- Lachish
 - Laish
 - Laodicea
 - Larsa – Mesopotamian city
 - Lebanon
 - Lehi
 - Lycia – Nation in Asia Minor
 - Lydia – Nation in Asia Minor
 - Lystra
 
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
- Ono
 - Ophir
 - Opis – Mesopotamian/Babylonian City
 - Osroene – Neo-Assyrian state
 
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
- 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
- Tabal – Georgian state in Asia Minor
 - Tarshish
 - Tarsus
 - Tel Dan
 - Til-barsip – Assyrian city
 - Timnath-serah
 - Timnath
 - Trachonitis
 - Tushhan – Assyrian city
 - Tyre
 
U
- 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
X
- Xaloth – the biblical Chesulloth (now Iksal)
 
xerxes. Ahasuerus, the Persian king in the Book of Esther.
Y
Z
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
- ^ "Topical Bible: Alammelech". Bible Hub. Retrieved 18 January 2024.