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]
- 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
- 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
G
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
- 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
O
- Ono
- Ophir
- Opis – Mesopotamian/Babylonian City (Jachel Dumitru Narcis gr 3)
- Osroene – Neo-Assyrian state
P
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
- Yarmut: see Jarmuth
Z
See also
References
- ↑ "Topical Bible: Alammelech". Bible Hub. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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