Bible places
320 places the Bible names, set on the map and with the exact verses that speak of each one.
The most named
Where to begin: the places the text names most often.
All places
A
- Abarim — 5 mentions
- Abel-beth-maacah — 6 mentionsidentified with Tel Abel Beth Maacah
- Achaia — 10 mentions
- Admah — 5 mentions
- Adullam — 9 mentionsidentified with Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur
- Ahava — 3 mentions
- Ai — 32 mentionsidentified with Et Tell
- Aijalon — 8 mentionsidentified with Yalo
- Amalek — 28 mentions
- Ammon — 106 mentions
- Anathoth — 18 mentionsidentified with Ras el Kharruba
- Angle — 5 mentions
- Antioch — 18 mentionsidentified with Antioch on the Orontes
- Antioch — 4 mentionsidentified with Antioch in Pisidia
- Ar — 7 mentionsidentified with Khirbet al Balua
- Arabah — 26 mentions
- Arabia — 6 mentions
- Aram — 11 mentions
- Arnon — 12 mentionsidentified with Wadi Mujib
- Aroer — 13 mentionsidentified with Arair
- Arpad — 6 mentionsidentified with Tell Rifat
- Ashdod — 21 mentionsidentified with Tel Ashdod
- Ashkelon — 12 mentionsidentified with Tel Ashkelon
- Ashtaroth — 7 mentionsidentified with Tell Ashtara
- Asia — 21 mentions
- Assyria — 141 mentions
- Athens — 6 mentions
- Azekah — 7 mentionsidentified with Tel Azekah
B
- Babylon — 296 mentions
- Babylon — 6 mentionsidentified with Rome
- Babylonia — 15 mentions
- Bahurim — 7 mentionsidentified with Ras Tumeim
- Bashan — 51 mentionsidentified with Saham al Jawlan
- Beeroth — 9 mentionsidentified with Khirbet el Burj
- Beersheba — 23 mentionsidentified with Tel Beer Sheva
- Beersheba — 10 mentionsidentified with Tel Beer Sheva
- Berea — 6 mentionsidentified with Veria
- Beth-horon — 7 mentionsidentified with Beit Ur al Tahta
- Beth-shan — 8 mentionsidentified with Tel Bet Shean
- Beth-shemesh — 17 mentionsidentified with Tel Bet Shemesh
- Bethany — 12 mentionsidentified with Al Eizariya
- Bethany — 1 mentionidentified with Al Maghtas
- Bethel — 69 mentionsidentified with Beitin
- Bethlehem — 52 mentions
- Bethphage — 3 mentionsidentified with Et Tur
- Bethsaida — 4 mentionsidentified with At Tell
- Beyond the River — 16 mentions
- Bozrah — 8 mentionsidentified with Buseira
- Brook of Egypt — 9 mentionsidentified with Wadi al Arish
C
- Caesarea — 18 mentionsidentified with Caesarea Maritima
- Caesarea Philippi — 2 mentionsidentified with Banias
- Cana — 4 mentionsidentified with Horbat Qana
- Canaan — 101 mentions
- Capernaum — 18 mentionsidentified with Tell Hum
- Caphtor — 5 mentionsidentified with Crete
- Carmel — 14 mentionsidentified with Khirbet el Kirmil
- Chaldea — 85 mentions
- Chebar — 8 mentionsidentified with Shatt en Nil
- Cherith — 2 mentionsidentified with Wadi al Yabis
- Cilicia — 8 mentions
- City of David — 46 mentions
- Corinth — 11 mentions
- Corner Gate — 5 mentions
- Crete — 9 mentions
- Cush — 19 mentions
- Cyprus — 12 mentions
- Cyrene — 7 mentions
D
- Damascus — 58 mentions
- Dan — 25 mentionsidentified with Tel Dan
- Debir — 11 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Rabud
- Dedan — 7 mentionsidentified with Al Khuraybah
- Derbe — 5 mentionsidentified with Kerti Hüyük
- Dibon — 10 mentionsidentified with Tall Dhiban
- Dothan — 2 mentionsidentified with Tel Dotan
- Dura — 1 mentionidentified with Tulul Dura
E
- East — 18 mentions
- Eden — 13 mentions
- Edom — 111 mentions
- Edrei — 7 mentionsidentified with Daraa
- Eglon — 8 mentionsidentified with Tell Eton
- Egypt — 652 mentions
- Ekron — 20 mentionsidentified with Tel Miqne
- El-bethel — 1 mentionidentified with Beitin
- Elam — 16 mentions
- Elath — 6 mentionsidentified with Aqaba
- Elealeh — 5 mentionsidentified with Al ‘Al
- Emmaus — 3 mentionsidentified with Qalunya
- En-rogel — 6 mentionsidentified with Bir Ayub
- Engedi — 5 mentionsidentified with Ein Gedi
- Ephesus — 20 mentions
- Ephrathah — 1 mentionidentified with Bethlehem
- Eshtaol — 8 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Deir Shubeib
- Ethiopia — 7 mentions
- Euphrates — 44 mentions
- Ezion-geber — 7 mentionsidentified with Jezirat Faraun
F
G
- Galatia — 6 mentions
- Galilee — 78 mentions
- Gath — 37 mentionsidentified with Tell es Safi
- Gath-hepher — 2 mentionsidentified with Tel Gat Hefer
- Gaza — 22 mentionsidentified with Tell Harube
- Geba — 14 mentionsidentified with Jaba
- Gennesaret — 3 mentionsidentified with El Ghuweir
- Gerar — 9 mentionsidentified with Tel Haror
- Geshur — 11 mentions
- Gethsemane — 2 mentions
- Gezer — 14 mentionsidentified with Tel Gezer
- Gibbethon — 5 mentionsidentified with Tell Melat
- Gibeah — 45 mentionsidentified with Tel el Ful
- Gibeon — 39 mentionsidentified with El Jib
- Gihon — 6 mentions
- Gilead — 86 mentions
- Gilgal — 33 mentionsidentified with Khirbet el Mefjir
- Golgotha — 4 mentionsidentified with Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Gomorrah — 24 mentions
- Goshen — 11 mentions
- Gozan — 5 mentionsidentified with Tell Halaf
- Great Sea — 36 mentionsidentified with Mediterranean Sea
- Greece — 7 mentions
H
- Hamath — 21 mentionsidentified with Hama
- Haran — 12 mentionsidentified with Harran
- Harim — 7 mentionsidentified with Al Haram
- Havvoth-jair — 6 mentions
- Hazor — 11 mentionsidentified with Tel Hazor
- Hebron — 62 mentionsidentified with Tel Rumeida
- Heliopolis — 5 mentionsidentified with Ain Shams
- Heshbon — 37 mentionsidentified with Tell Hesban
- Holy Place — 23 mentions
- Hormah — 9 mentionsidentified with Tel Masos
- House of the Forest of Lebanon — 6 mentions
- Hushah — 6 mentionsidentified with Husan
I
J
- Jabbok — 7 mentionsidentified with Zarqa River
- Jabesh-gilead — 20 mentionsidentified with Tell el Maqlub
- Jahaz — 9 mentionsidentified with Khirbet el Medeiyineh
- Jarmuth — 6 mentionsidentified with Tel Yarmuth
- Jattir — 6 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Attir
- Jazer — 13 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Sara
- Jebus — 7 mentionsidentified with Jerusalem
- Jericho — 63 mentionsidentified with Tell es Sultan
- Jericho — 5 mentionsidentified with Tell el Alayiq
- Jerusalem — 948 mentions
- Jeshimon — 6 mentions
- Jezreel — 29 mentionsidentified with Tel Yizre’el
- Jezreel — 6 mentionsidentified with Yatta
- Joppa — 14 mentionsidentified with Jaffa
- Jordan — 202 mentions
- Jordan Valley — 8 mentions
- Judea — 52 mentions
K
- Kadesh-barnea — 24 mentionsidentified with Ain el Qudeirat
- Kedar — 9 mentions
- Keilah — 15 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Qila
- Kidron — 14 mentions
- Kir-hareseth — 5 mentionsidentified with Kerak
- Kiriath-jearim — 19 mentionsidentified with Deir el Azar
- Kiriathaim — 5 mentionsidentified with Khirbet al Mukhayyat
- Kishon — 5 mentions
L
- Lachish — 22 mentionsidentified with Tell ed Duweir
- Laodicea — 6 mentionsidentified with Laodicea on the Lycus
- Lebanon — 55 mentions
- Lebo-hamath — 12 mentionsidentified with Labweh
- Libnah — 16 mentionsidentified with Tell Bornat
- Lod — 7 mentions
- Lower Beth-horon — 5 mentionsidentified with Beit Ur al Tahta
- Luz — 6 mentionsidentified with Beitin
- Lystra — 6 mentionsidentified with Tel Lystra
M
- Maacah — 8 mentions
- Macedonia — 24 mentions
- Machpelah — 6 mentionsidentified with Cave of the Patriarchs
- Magdala — no mentionsidentified with Majdal
- Mahanaim — 15 mentionsidentified with Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi
- Makkedah — 8 mentionsidentified with Khirbet el Qom
- Malta — 1 mention
- Mamre — 6 mentionsidentified with Ramat el Khalil
- Marah — 5 mentionsidentified with Ain Hawarah
- Mareshah — 6 mentionsidentified with Tel Maresha
- Massah — 5 mentionsidentified with Wadi Rufaiyil
- Medeba — 5 mentionsidentified with Madaba
- Media — 11 mentions
- Megiddo — 12 mentionsidentified with Tel Megiddo
- Memphis — 8 mentions
- Meribah — 9 mentionsidentified with Ain el Qudeirat
- Meshech — 7 mentions
- Mesopotamia — 7 mentions
- Michmash — 11 mentionsidentified with Mukhmas
- Midian — 51 mentions
- Miletus — 3 mentions
- Millo — 6 mentions
- Mizpah — 32 mentionsidentified with Tell en Nasbeh
- Mizpah — 5 mentionsidentified with Jel‘ad
- Moab — 162 mentions
- Moab — 12 mentions
- Moriah — 1 mention
- Most Holy Place — 24 mentions
- Mount Carmel — 18 mentions
- Mount Ebal — 5 mentions
- Mount Gerizim — 5 mentions
- Mount Gilboa — 8 mentions
- Mount Hermon — 16 mentions
- Mount Hor — 10 mentionsidentified with Har Zin
- Mount Horeb — 17 mentionsidentified with Jebel Musa
- Mount Moriah — 1 mention
- Mount Nebo — 2 mentionsidentified with Jabal al Naba
- Mount of Olives — 18 mentions
- Mount Seir — 34 mentionsidentified with Jebel esh Shera
- Mount Sinai — 29 mentionsidentified with Jebel Musa
- Mount Tabor — 9 mentionsidentified with Jebel et Tur
- Mount Zion — 24 mentions
N
- Nain — 1 mentionidentified with Nein
- Naioth — 6 mentionsidentified with Al Ram
- Nazareth — 32 mentions
- Nebo — 7 mentionsidentified with Khirbet al Mukhayyat
- Negeb — 43 mentions
- Netophah — 8 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Badd Faluh
- Nile — 45 mentions
- Nineveh — 30 mentions
- Nob — 7 mentionsidentified with Ras el Mesharif
- North — 10 mentions
O
P
- Paddan-aram — 11 mentions
- Pamphylia — 5 mentions
- Paphos — 2 mentionsidentified with New Paphos
- Paran — 7 mentions
- Pathros — 5 mentionsidentified with Upper Egypt
- Patmos — 1 mention
- Penuel — 6 mentionsidentified with Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh
- Peor — 8 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Ayun Musa
- Perga — 3 mentions
- Pergamum — 2 mentionsidentified with Pergamon
- Persia — 27 mentions
- Philadelphia — 2 mentionsidentified with Alaşehir
- Philippi — 4 mentions
- Philistia — 22 mentions
- Pi-hahiroth — 4 mentions
- Pirathon — 5 mentionsidentified with Farata
- Pisgah — 8 mentionsidentified with Rujm Siyaghah
- Put — 6 mentions
- Puteoli — 1 mentionidentified with Pozzuoli
R
- Rabbah — 17 mentionsidentified with Amman
- Ramah — 16 mentionsidentified with Al Ram
- Ramah — 13 mentionsidentified with Al Ram
- Rameses — 5 mentionsidentified with Qantir
- Ramoth-gilead — 20 mentionsidentified with Tall er Rumeith
- Red Sea — 19 mentionsidentified with Gulf of Suez
- Red Sea — 5 mentionsidentified with Gulf of Aqaba
- Rephidim — 5 mentionsidentified with Wadi Rufaiyil
- Riblah — 11 mentionsidentified with Rableh
- Rome — 15 mentions
S
- Salamis — 1 mention
- Salt Sea — 21 mentionsidentified with Dead Sea
- Samaria — 112 mentions
- Samaria — 13 mentions
- Sardis — 3 mentions
- Sea of Galilee — 10 mentions
- Sepharvaim — 6 mentions
- Sharon — 6 mentions
- Sheba — 18 mentions
- Shechem — 45 mentionsidentified with Tell Balatah
- Shephelah — 19 mentions
- Shiloh — 36 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Seilun
- Shinar — 8 mentions
- Shittim — 5 mentionsidentified with Tall el Hammam
- Shunem — 9 mentionsidentified with Sulam
- Shur — 6 mentions
- Sibmah — 6 mentionsidentified with Qarn al Qubish
- Sidon — 37 mentionsidentified with Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon
- Siloam — 5 mentions
- Sin — 4 mentions
- Smyrna — 2 mentionsidentified with Izmir
- Sodom — 50 mentions
- South — 12 mentions
- Succoth — 10 mentionsidentified with Tell Deir Alla
- Susa — 20 mentionsidentified with Shush
- Sychar — 1 mentionidentified with Askar
- Syracuse — 1 mention
- Syria — 89 mentions
- Syria — 8 mentions
T
- Taanach — 7 mentionsidentified with Tell Ta’anakh
- Tahpanhes — 7 mentionsidentified with Tell Defenneh
- Tarshish — 16 mentions
- Tarshish — 5 mentions
- Tarsus — 5 mentions
- Tekoa — 14 mentionsidentified with Khirbet Teku’a
- Teman — 6 mentions
- Thebes — 6 mentions
- Thessalonica — 9 mentionsidentified with Thessaloniki
- Thyatira — 4 mentionsidentified with Akhisar
- Tiberias — 1 mention
- Tigris — 2 mentions
- Timnah — 9 mentionsidentified with Tel Batash
- Tirzah — 13 mentionsidentified with Tell el Farah
- Topheth — 9 mentions
- Troas — 6 mentionsidentified with Alexandria Troas
- Tubal — 5 mentionsidentified with Tabal
- Tyre — 64 mentions
U
V
- Valley of Achor — 5 mentionsidentified with Al Buqay’ah
- Valley of Elah — 3 mentions
- Valley of Hebron — 1 mention
- Valley of Hinnom — 12 mentions
- Valley of Jezreel — 5 mentions
- Valley of Rephaim — 8 mentions
- Valley of Salt — 5 mentionsidentified with Es Sebkha
- Valley of the Arnon — 11 mentionsidentified with Wadi Mujib
W
Z
- Zarephath — 4 mentionsidentified with Sarepta
- Zeboiim — 5 mentions
- Ziklag — 13 mentionsidentified with Tell esh Sharia
- Zin — 8 mentions
- Zion — 143 mentions
- Ziph — 5 mentionsidentified with Tell Zif
- Zoan — 6 mentionsidentified with Tanis
- Zoar — 9 mentionsidentified with Al Safi
- Zobah — 13 mentions
- Zorah — 11 mentionsidentified with Tel Tzora
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