This is list of places, lands, and countries mentioned in the Bible. Some places may be listed twice or under two different names. Hover over the biblical location name for a detailed explanation of the place (if available).
A
Absalom’s Monument
Achaia
Adiabene – Neo Assyrian State
Ai
Akko
Akkad – Mesopotamian state
Ammon – Canaanite state
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/Urbil) – Assyrian city
Archevite
Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus.
Arrapkha – Assyrian City, modern Kirkuk
Ashdod
Ashkelon
Ashur/Asshur/Assur – Capital city of Syria
Assyria – Mesopotamian Semitic state located in modern northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey
B
Baal-hazor – Canaanite city
Babel (Tower of Babel)
Babylon/Babylonia – Mesopotamian state located in the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Beer-Sheba
Beit El
Beirut
Berea
Bethany
Bethel
Bethharan
Bethlehem
Bochim
Byblos – Phoenician state
Beersheba
C
Calah/Kalhu/Nimrud – Assyrian city
Calneh – Assyrian city
Canaan
Capernaum
Cappadocia – Region in Asia Minor
Carchemish – Assyrian city
Caria – Nation in Asia Minor
Cilicia – Nation in Asia Minor
Cimmeria – Nation in northern Asia Minor
Commagene – Nation in Asia Minor
Corduene – Nation in central Asia Minor, homeland of the Kurds
Cush – African state
Chaldea – Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia
D
Damascus – Aramean city and state
Dan
Debir
Dilmun – Pre-Arab state in the Arabian peninsula
Dothan
Dur-Sharrukin – Assyrian city
E
Ebla – East Semitic state in northern Syria
Eden
Egypt
Ekron
Elam – Pre-Iranic Nation in Ancient Iran
Elim
En Gedi
Enoch
Ephesia/Ephesus – Greek city in Asia Minor
Eridu – Mesopotamian city
Eshcol
Eshnunna – Mesopotamian city state
Ethiopia
Etham
F
G
Gabbatha
Galilee
Gath
Gaza
Georgia
Gethsemane
Gibeon
Gilead
Golgotha
Gomorrah
Goshen
Greece
Gutium – state in Iran
H
Haran
Harran – Assyrian City
Hattusa – Capital of Hittite Empire in Asia Minor
Hatti – Nation in Asia Minor
Havilah
Hill of Gash
Hebron
Hurri Nation – Nation in Asia Minor
I
Imgur-Enlil – Assyrian City
India – Esther 8:9
J
Jabbok
Jaffa
Jerash
Jericho
Jerusalem
Jordan
Jordan Plain
Judah
Judea
K
Kadesh-Barnea
Kaska – Nation in Asia Minor
Kassite state – in Iran
Kish – Mesopotamian Ciy State
Kush/Cush – in northeast Africa
L
Laban
Lachish
Laish
Laodicea
Larsa – Mesopotamian city
Lebanon
Lehi
Lycia – Nation in Asia Minor
Lydia – Nation in Asia Minor
M
Machpela
Magan – Pre-Arab state in Oman
Mamre Plain
Mannea – Nation in Iran
Marah
Mari – Assyrian city
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
Miriam
Moab – Cannanite state
Mount Carmel
Mount Ephraim
Mount Nebo
Mount Sinai
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
Nippur – Babylonian city
Nod
O
On
Ophir
Opis – Mesopotamian/Babylonian City
Osroene – Neo Assyrian state
P
Palestine
Palmyra – Aramean state in Syria
Paran
Parthia – Nation in Iran
Penuel
Persia – Nation in Iran
Petra
Philistia – Original name of Palestine
Phrygia – Nation in Asia Minor
Phut
Pithom
Punt
Q
R
Ramathlehi
Rapiqum – Assyrian City
Rephidim
Rome – Roman Empire
S
Samaria – Nation of the Samaritans
Scythia – Nation in Asia Minor
Shalem
Sheba – Pre-Arab state in Yemen
Shechem
Shinar – Mesopotamian city
Shomron
Shubat-Enlil – Assyrian city
Sidon
Sin Desert
Sinai
Smyrna
Sodom
Spain – Romanos 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
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
Via Dolorosa
W
Z
Zaanan
Zair
Zalmon
Zalmonah
Zanoah
Zareah
Zartanah
Zelah
Zemaraim
Zephi
Zeredathah
Zorah
Zion
Zior
Zoba