Places in the Bible
Cities, lands, rivers and mountains of Scripture
What the Bible says about each place, with the verses that mention it.
158 places
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AbileneAbilene is a region named in the Gospel of Luke as the territory of Lysanias, who is called the tetrarch of Abilene.- AchaiaAchaia is a region named in Acts and in Paul's letters, the area that included the church at Corinth.
AddanAddan is a place named in Ezra's list of those who went up to Judah.- AdoraimAdoraim is a town in Judah, named in 2 Chronicles in a list of towns alongside Lachish and Azekah.
- AdriaAdria is a sea named in the account of a voyage in the book of Acts.
AhavaAhava is a place with a river, where Ezra gathered the company of exiles traveling with him to Jerusalem.
AijalonAijalon is the name of two towns in the Old Testament.
AjalonAjalon is a place in the land of Israel, named in Scripture both as a valley and as a town.
AlexandriaAlexandria is a city named in the book of Acts as the birthplace of Apollos and as the home port of ships that carried Paul toward Rome.
AmadAmad is a town named in the Book of Joshua's description of the tribal territories.- AmanaAmana is a mountain named in the Song of Solomon.
ApolloniaApollonia is a town that Paul and his companions pass through on their journey to Thessalonica.
ArabiaArabia is a desert region named in both Testaments.
AradArad is the name of a Canaanite city and of a man in the Bible.- ArchiArchi is a place or district named in the boundary description in the book of Joshua.
ArmeniaArmenia is a land named in the King James Version as the place where Adrammelech and Sharezer fled after killing their father.
ArnonThe Arnon is a river that Scripture names as the border of Moab, separating Moab from the land of the Amorites.
ArpadArpad is a city that Scripture names alongside Hamath, Sepharvaim and Damascus among the states of Syria.- AshanAshan is a town in southern Canaan named in the tribal allotment lists.
- AsiaAsia in the New Testament is a region named in Acts, the letters and Revelation, where Ephesus and other churches stood.
AssyriaAssyria is a kingdom and land east of Israel.- AthensAthens is a Greek city that Paul visits during his travels in Acts.
- AttaliaAttalia is a city that Acts names as a stop on a missionary journey.
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- BashanBashan is a region east of the Jordan River, the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan.
BereaBerea is a city where Paul and Silas preached the word of God.- BethanyBethany is a village near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away, at the Mount of Olives close to Bethphage.
- BethelBethel is a town in the land of Canaan whose earlier name was Luz.
BethlehemBethlehem is the name of two towns in the Bible.
BethsaidaBethsaida is a town in Galilee that appears several times in the Gospels.
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CalahCalah is an ancient city in Assyria named in the Table of Nations in Genesis.- CalvaryCalvary is the place where Jesus was crucified, according to the King James Version of Luke's Gospel.
- CamonCamon is the place where Jair, the Gileadite who judged Israel, was buried.
CarmelCarmel is the name of two places in the Old Testament.
ChunChun is a city belonging to Hadarezer, named in 1 Chronicles alongside Tibhath as one of the cities from which David took a great quantity of brass.
CiliciaCilicia is a region and Roman province in the New Testament, best known as the home province of the apostle Paul.- ClaudaClauda is a small island mentioned once in the Bible, in the account of a sea voyage in Acts.
- CorinthCorinth is a city in Greece that Paul visits and whose church receives his letters.
CyprusCyprus is an island that appears several times in the book of Acts.
CyreneCyrene is a city in North Africa that the New Testament names as the home of several people.
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DamascusDamascus is the chief city of Syria in the Bible.
DannahDannah is a town in the territory of the tribe of Judah.
DebirDebir is the name of a Canaanite king and of several places in the Bible.- DorDor is a Canaanite town on the western coast of the land.
DuraDura is a plain in the province of Babylon, named once in the Bible.
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EbenezerEbenezer is the name of a place in 1 Samuel and of a memorial stone that Samuel set up.
EdreiEdrei is the name of two towns in the Bible.
EgyptEgypt is the land and nation to the southwest of Canaan where Israel's ancestors lived and were later enslaved.- ElimElim is a place where the Israelites camped in the wilderness after leaving Egypt.
- EmmausEmmaus is a village near Jerusalem named in the Gospel of Luke.
- En-rogelEn-rogel is a spring just outside Jerusalem, near where the valley of Hinnom meets the boundary between Judah and Benjamin.
EnamEnam is a town in the territory of the tribe of Judah.- EphratahEphratah is a name the Bible uses mainly for the town of Bethlehem in Judah, and also for a person in the genealogies of Judah.
- EthamEtham is a place where the Israelites camped early in their journey out of Egypt.
- EtherEther is a town named in the Book of Joshua's lists of cities allotted to the tribes of Israel.
- EzelEzel is a stone named once in Scripture, in 1 Samuel 20.
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GalatiaGalatia is a region of Asia Minor where churches were established in the time of the apostles.
GalileeGalilee is a region in the north of the land of Israel, and the area where Jesus grew up and did much of his ministry.- GazaGaza is a city on the southern coast of Canaan that belonged to the Philistines.
- GethsemaneGethsemane is a place where Jesus went with his disciples to pray.
GiahGiah is a place in the territory around Gibeon, named only once in Scripture as a landmark during the pursuit of Abner.- GolanGolan is a city in Bashan, east of the Jordan, belonging to the tribe of Manasseh and set apart as a city of refuge.
- GoshenGoshen is the name of more than one place in the Bible.
GreciaGrecia is the King James Version's name for Greece in the visions of the book of Daniel.
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- HadidHadid is a town listed with Lod and Ono in the records of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon.
HalahHalah is a place in the Assyrian empire to which the king of Assyria deported Israelites.- HaliHali is a town named on the border of the tribe of Asher in the allotment of the land under Joshua.
HanesHanes is a place named once in the Bible, in Isaiah's oracle about Judah's dealings with Egypt.
HelamHelam is a place east of the Jordan where David defeated the Syrians.- HenaHena is a city named in the Assyrian boasts delivered to Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah.
- HermonHermon is a mountain marking the northern limit of the land Israel took east of the Jordan, which stretched from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon.
HorebHoreb is a mountain in the wilderness that Scripture calls the mountain of God.
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IdumeaIdumea is a land named in prophecies of judgment and in the Gospel of Mark.
IndiaIndia is a land named in the book of Esther as one end of the empire ruled by King Ahasuerus.
ItalyItaly is a land in the Roman world mentioned in Acts and Hebrews.- IvahIvah is a city named in the boasts of the Assyrian envoys during their siege threats against Jerusalem in the days of King Hezekiah.
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JagurJagur is a town in the territory of the tribe of Judah.
JanoahJanoah is a town in the northern kingdom of Israel.
JazerJazer is a town and district east of the Jordan in the land of Gilead.
JerusalemJerusalem is the city that becomes the royal capital of Israel and Judah and the site of the house of the LORD.
JordanThe Jordan is the river that forms the eastern boundary of the land of Canaan, running from Chinnereth down to the salt sea.- JudaeaJudaea is the region around Jerusalem in the New Testament, the area in which Jesus is born and where much of the early church takes root.
- JudeaJudea is the province around Jerusalem in the time after the Jewish exiles returned from Babylon.
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KadeshKadesh is a place in the southern wilderness, in the desert of Zin, which Numbers calls a city in the uttermost of Edom's border.- KanahKanah is the name of two different places in the book of Joshua.
- KeilahKeilah is a walled town of Judah that David rescued from the Philistines.
KidronKidron is a brook just outside Jerusalem, mentioned in the Old Testament as a boundary and as a place where idols were destroyed.
KishonThe name Kishon refers to two places in the Bible.
KisonKison is a brook named in Psalm 83, where the psalmist asks God to deal with Israel's enemies as He did with the Midianites, and with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kison.
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LashaLasha is a place named in the Table of Nations as one end of the border of the Canaanites.
LasharonLasharon is a Canaanite town whose king appears in the list of kings that Joshua and the Israelites defeated west of the Jordan.
LehiLehi is a place in Judah where the Philistines gathered against Samson.
LibyaLibya is a land in North Africa named in the prophecies of Ezekiel and in the account of Pentecost in Acts.- LyciaLycia is a region on the southern coast of Asia Minor, mentioned once in the Bible.
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MadianMadian is the land where Moses lived as a foreigner after fleeing Egypt, as told in Stephen's speech in Acts.- MadonMadon is a Canaanite city whose king fought against Israel in the days of Joshua.
- MagdalaMagdala is a place named in the Gospel of Matthew as the area Jesus traveled to by boat after feeding a great crowd.
MarahMarah is a place in the wilderness where the Israelites camped soon after leaving Egypt.- MareshahMareshah is chiefly the name of a city in the territory of Judah, and it also appears as a personal name in Judah's genealogies.
MashalMashal is a town in the territory of the tribe of Asher.- MeahThe tower of Meah is a tower on the wall of Jerusalem, named in the account of the wall's rebuilding under Nehemiah.
MearahMearah is a place named in the list of land still unconquered when Joshua was old.
MelitaMelita is an island named in the book of Acts.
MeribahMeribah is a wilderness place name given to two sites where the Israelites contended over water.
MishalMishal is a town in the territory of the tribe of Asher.- MoriahMoriah is a place named twice in the Old Testament.
- MyraMyra is a city of Lycia mentioned once in the Bible, as a stop on Paul's voyage to Rome.
MysiaMysia is a region in Asia Minor that Paul and his companions pass through on his second missionary journey.
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- NainNain is a city that Jesus visits in the Gospel of Luke.
NazarethNazareth is a city of Galilee and the hometown of Jesus.
NeahNeah is a place named in the boundary description of a tribal territory in the book of Joshua.- NimrahNimrah is a place named in the Book of Numbers.
NinevehNineveh is a great city of Assyria.
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- PalestinePalestine is the King James Version's name in Joel for the coastal territory of the Philistines.
- PenielPeniel is the name Jacob gave to a place where he says he saw God.
- PersiaPersia is the kingdom whose rulers governed the Jews after the Babylonian exile.
- PheniciaPhenicia is a coastal region named in Acts as the destination of a ship.
- PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia is a city in Asia, home to one of the seven churches named in the Book of Revelation.
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- RachalRachal is a town named once in the Bible, in a list of places whose inhabitants are named alongside the cities of the Jerahmeelites and the cities of the Kenites.
- RamahRamah is the name of several towns in the Bible.
- RamesesRameses is a place in Egypt.
- RehobothRehoboth is the name of several places in Genesis.
RhodesRhodes is an island where Paul's ship called on his voyage toward Jerusalem.- RomeRome is the city named in the New Testament as the destination of Paul's journeys and the home of the believers to whom he wrote his letter to the Romans.
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- SalemSalem is the city ruled by Melchizedek, who is both its king and priest of the most high God.
SalimSalim is a place named in the Gospel of John as a landmark for locating Aenon, where John the Baptist was baptizing.- SamariaSamaria is the city that served as the royal capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, and its name is also used for the surrounding region.
SareptaSarepta is a city of Sidon named in the New Testament.
SaronSaron is the Greek form of Sharon, a region named alongside the town of Lydda in the book of Acts.- ShalemShalem is a place in the land of Canaan that the King James Version describes as a city of Shechem.
- ShalishaShalisha is a district, called the land of Shalisha, that Saul passes through while searching for his father's lost donkeys.
- SharonSharon is a region of pastureland named several times in the Old Testament.
- ShiloahShiloah is the name of a body of water mentioned once in the Old Testament, in a prophecy of Isaiah.
- ShilohShiloh in the Bible is mainly a town in the land of Canaan where Israel's tabernacle stood.
- ShilohShiloh is a town in the land of Canaan where Israel's tabernacle stood in the days of Joshua, the judges and Eli.
- SillaSilla is a place named once in the Bible, in the account of the death of King Joash.
- SiloamSiloam is a place at Jerusalem, known in the New Testament for its pool and a tower that stood there.
- SinaiSinai is the mountain, and the wilderness around it, where Israel camped after leaving Egypt and where the LORD gave Moses the law.
- SionIn the King James Version, Sion is the name of two different places.
- SirahSirah is a well named once in the Bible, in the account of Abner's return after meeting with David.
- SmyrnaSmyrna is a city in Asia, home to one of the seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation.
- SyriaSyria is the land north and northeast of Israel whose capital the Old Testament names as Damascus.
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- TaborTabor is the name of a mountain and of other places in the Old Testament.
TarahTarah is a place where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness after leaving Egypt.- TekoahTekoah is a town, the home of the wise woman whom Joab brings before the king in 2 Samuel.
- ThessalonicaThessalonica is a city in Macedonia that Paul visited and that appears several times in Acts and in Paul's letters.
- TiberiasIn the Gospel of John, Tiberias names two places: a town and the lake beside it.
- TroasTroas is a seaport that the apostle Paul passes through several times in the New Testament.
- TyrusTyrus is the King James spelling, used in the prophets, of Tyre, a wealthy seafaring city often named alongside Zidon.
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- ZairZair is a place named once in the Bible, in the account of Joram's fight with the Edomites.
- ZanoahZanoah is the name of two towns in the territory of the tribe of Judah.
- ZareahZareah is a town named in the book of Nehemiah.
- ZaredZared is a valley where the Israelites camped during their journey through the wilderness.
- ZelahZelah is a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
- ZinZin is a wilderness on the southern edge of the land of Canaan, often called the wilderness or desert of Zin.
- ZionZion is the hill and stronghold in Jerusalem that David captured from the Jebusites, and the name is also used in Scripture for Jerusalem and its people.
- ZiorZior is a town in the territory of Judah.
- ZorahZorah is a town listed in the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, named alongside Eshtaol and Irshemesh.