List of biblical places
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 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
- Ai
- Akko
- Akkad – Mesopotamian state
- 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
- Ariel
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Chezib of Judah
- Chorazin
- Cilicia – Nation in Asia Minor
- Crete, Greek island
- Cimmeria – Nation in northern Asia Minor
- Commagene – Nation in Asia Minor
- Corduene – Nation in central Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
- Corinth, City in Greece
- Cush – African state
- Chaldea – Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia
- Cyprus
D
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-hakkore
- 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
- Ethiopia
- Etham
F
G
- Gabbatha
- Galilee
- Garden of Eden
- Gath
- Gaza
- Georgia
- Gethsemane
- Gibeon
- Gilead
- Golgotha
- Gomorrah
- Goshen
- 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
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 – current North 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
- Nibarti-Ashur – Assyrian city
- Nimrud – later name for the Assyrian city of Kalhu/Calah
- Nineveh – Capital of Assyria
- Nod
O
- On
- Ono
- Ophir
- Opis – Mesopotamian/Babylonian City (Jachel Dumitru Narcis gr 3)
- Osroene – Neo-Assyrian state
P
- Palestine
- 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
Q
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
- 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)
Y
Z
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
Notes
Note: This list is currently incomplete