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Places of the Bible

Places of the Bible

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Places of the Bible

Enhance your study by reading descriptions of every place in the Bible. Many of the entries come from Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary (1866).

This work is in the public domain and was authored over 100 years ago. In many cases, it does not reflect the findings of modern scholarship, but may be helpful in your personal study.

Abarim

Abel

Abel-mizraim

Accad

Adam

Admah

Ain

Akrabbim

Allon-bachuth

Almon-diblathaim

Aner

Ar

Arad

Aram

Ararat

Arbah

Arnon

Aroer

Ashteroth Karnaim

Detail of an alabaster bas-relief of Ashurbanipal II's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The British Museum, London. Picture by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg

Assyria or Asshur

Atad

Ataroth

Atroth

Avith

Azmon

Baal

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Babel

Bashan

Beer-Lahai-Roi

Tel Beer Sheva. Photo by gugganij via Wikimedia Commons.

Beer-sheba

Beeroth of the Children of Jaakan

Bela

Bered

Beth-baal-meon

Beitin, a possible site for Bethel. Photo by Deror_avi via Wikimedia Commons.

Beth-el

Beth-haran

Beth-jesimoth or Beth-jeshimoth

Beth-nimrah

Bethlehem or Beth-lehem

Cain

Calah

Calneh

View from Mount Tabor, 2019. Photo by Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons.

Canaan, The Land of

Charran

Chezib

Chinnereth, Sea of

Damascus

Dan

Dibon

Dinhabah

Dophkah

Dothan at Tell Dotan. Photo by Netanel h via Wikimedia Commons.

Dothan

Dumah

Image of Earth by WikiImages via Pixabay.

Earth

Ebronah

Edar, Tower of

The Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole, 1828.

Eden

Edom, Idumaea, or Idumea

Edrei

The pyramids of Egypt. Photo by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay.

Egypt

Egypt, River of

El-beth-el

El-elohe-Israel

El-paran

Elam

Elealeh

Elim

Ellasar

Elon

En-mishpat

Enoch

Ephrath

Ephron, City of

Ephron, Field of

Uruk archaeological site at Warka, possibly the location of ancient Erech. Photo by SAC Andy Holmes (RAF)

Erech

Esek (well)

Eshcol, The Valley or Brook of

Etham

Ethiopia

Euphrates

Ezion-gaber or Ezion-geber

Galeed

Gaza

Tel Haror, a possible location of Gerar. Photo by Aaadir via Wikimedia Commons.

Gerar

Gihon

Modern Burma, the site of Gilead. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gilead

Ghawr Almazra'a Sub-District, Jordan. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Gomorrah

The likely site of Goshen in Egypt. Photo by Didia vis Wikimedia Commons.

Goshen

Hai

Ham

Hamath

Hamor, City of

Haradah

Harran beehive houses. Photo by Zhengan via Wikimedia Commons.

Haran

Hashmonah

Havilah

Havoth-jair

Hazar or Hazer

Hazeroth

Hazezon-tamar

Heaven

Hebron

Heshbon

Hiddekel

Hobah

Hor

Hor-hagidgad

Horeb

Hormah

Iim

Ije-abarim

Jaazer or Jazer

Jabbok

Jahaz

Javan

Jegar-sahadutha

Jehovah-jireh

Jehovah-nissi

Jericho

Jeshimon

Jordan

Jordan, Plain of

Jotbath or Jotbathah

Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea

Kartan

Kehelathah

Kenath

Kibroth-hattaavah

Kirjath-arba

Kirjath-huzoth

Laban

Lahai-roi

Lasha

Libnah

Luz

Machpelah, Cave of

Machpelah, Field of

Magog

Mahanaim. Tel edh Dhahab viewed from the Jabbok river. Photo by E. Rehfeld via Wikimedia Commons.

Mahanaim

Makheloth

Ramat el Khalil. Photo by Yywilk via Wikimedia Commons.

Mamre (plain)

Manahath

Marah

Masrekah

Massah

Mattanah

Medeba

Meribah

Mesha

Mesopotamia

Midian

Migdol

Mithcah

Mizpah

Moab

Moab, Field of

Moreh

Aerial photo of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo by Andrew Shiva via Wikimedia Commons.

Moriah

Moserah

Naamah

Nahaliel

Nahor, City of

Nebo

Nimrah

Detail of an alabaster bas-relief of Ashurbanipal II's lion-hunt scene. 7th century BC. From the North Palace at Nineveh, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The British Museum, London. Picture by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg

Nineveh

Nod

Nophah

Oboth

On

Ophir

Padan-aram

Palestine or Palestina

Paran

Pau

Tel edh Dhahab Identified as Penual or Mahanaim. Photo by Jacob via Wikimedia Commons.

Peniel or Penuel

Peor

Pethor

Philistines, Land of the

Philistines, Sea of the

Pi-hahiroth

Pisgah

Pison

Pithom

Plains

Punon

Rameses or Raamses

Red Sea

Rehoboth

Rephidim

Resen

Riblah

Rissah

Rithmah

Salem

Salt Sea

Seir

Sephar

Shalem

Shapher, Mount

Shaveh

Shaveh Kiriathaim

Shebah (well)

Shebam

Shechem at Tell Balatah. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Shechem

Shechem, City of

Shepham

Shinar

Shittim

Shophan

Shur

Sichem

Siddim

Sidon

Sin, Wilderness of

Sinai

Sitnah (well)

Ghawr Almazra'a Sub-District, Jordan. Photo by Adeeb Atwan via Wikimedia Commons.

Sodom

Succoth

Taberah

Tahath

Tamar

Tarah

Teman

Temani, Land of

Timnah or Timnath

Ur

Wilderness of the Wandering

Zalmonah

Zeboim or Zeboiim

Zedad

Zidon

Zin

Ziphron

Zoan

Zoar

Zophim, The Field of

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