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Every named place in the Bible, located with stated precision and uncertainty, with the verses that name each one.
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Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes was one of the great cities of the Roman world and the home of the first largely Gentile church. Believers were first called Christians there, Barnabas and Saul taught there for a year, and the church sent them out on the first missionary journey.
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Bethany
Bethany was a village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, a short walk from Jerusalem, and the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. Jesus raised Lazarus there, was anointed there, lodged there during the final week, and led His disciples out toward Bethany before His ascension.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a town in the Judean hills south of Jerusalem. It was the hometown of David and, according to Matthew and Luke, the birthplace of Jesus. The prophet Micah named it as the place from which Israel's ruler would come.
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Caesarea
Caesarea was the Roman administrative capital of Judea, a harbor city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great. Philip settled there, the centurion Cornelius lived there when Peter brought him the Gospel, and Paul was later held there for two years before his appeal to Caesar.
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Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi was a city at the foot of Mount Hermon, rebuilt by Herod's son Philip and named for Caesar and for himself. In the villages around it Jesus asked His disciples who they said He was, and Peter answered that He is the Christ.
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Cana
Cana was a village in Galilee where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, the first of His signs in John's Gospel, and where He later healed an official's son from a distance. Nathanael was from Cana.
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Capernaum
Capernaum was a fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee that became the base of Jesus's Galilean ministry. Matthew calls it His own town; the Gospels place many healings and synagogue teachings there.
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Damascus
Damascus is an ancient city of Syria, named in Genesis and throughout the history of Israel's kings and prophets. Saul of Tarsus was traveling there to arrest believers when the risen Jesus met him on the road, and in Damascus he was healed, baptized, and first proclaimed Jesus as the Christ.
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Egypt
Egypt is the great kingdom on the Nile where Jacob's family settled, where Israel was enslaved for generations, and from which God brought them out at the exodus. Centuries later Joseph carried the infant Jesus there to escape Herod, and Matthew heard in the return the words of Hosea: out of Egypt I called my son.
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Emmaus
Emmaus was a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, known only from Luke's account of the two disciples who walked there on the day of the resurrection and recognized Jesus when He broke bread at their table.
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Galilee
Galilee is the northern region of the land where Jesus grew up and carried out most of His public ministry. Isaiah had spoken of light dawning on Zebulun and Naphtali, and Matthew reads the Galilean ministry as that light.
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Gethsemane
Gethsemane was a garden or olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem, where Jesus often met with His disciples. On the night of His arrest He prayed there in anguish and was betrayed there by Judas.
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Golgotha
Golgotha, meaning Place of the Skull, was the site just outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. The Gospels give its name but not a precise location, and two sites in modern Jerusalem are proposed.
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Jericho
Jericho is an ancient oasis city in the Jordan Valley, the first city Israel took under Joshua and, in the Gospels, the last stop before Jesus climbed to Jerusalem. There He healed blind Bartimaeus and stayed at the house of Zacchaeus.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city David made his capital and where Solomon built the temple. In the Gospels it is where Jesus taught in the temple, shared the Last Supper, was tried, crucified, and rose, and where the church was born at Pentecost.
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Jordan River
The Jordan is the river that flows south from the foothills of Mount Hermon, through the Sea of Galilee, and on to the Dead Sea. Israel crossed it into the promised land under Joshua, and John the Baptist baptized in it, including the baptism of Jesus.
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Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is the ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley, facing the temple. David climbed it weeping in flight from Absalom, Zechariah placed the Lord's feet on it, and Jesus began the triumphal entry from it, taught the Olivet discourse on it, prayed in Gethsemane on its slope, and ascended from it.
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Nazareth
Nazareth was a small village in Lower Galilee where Jesus grew up, which is why He is called Jesus of Nazareth. Luke records the annunciation to Mary there and Jesus's later rejection in its synagogue.
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Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee is the freshwater lake in northern Israel, also called Gennesaret and Tiberias, around which most of Jesus's Galilean ministry took place. He called fishermen on its shore, taught from boats, calmed its storm, and walked on its water.
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The temple in Jerusalem
The temple in Jerusalem was the house of God at the center of Israel's worship, rebuilt after the exile and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great. Jesus was presented there as an infant, taught in its courts, drove out the traders, foretold its destruction, and was accused at His trial of threatening it.
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Wilderness of Judea
The wilderness of Judea is the dry country east of Jerusalem falling toward the Jordan valley and the Dead Sea. John the Baptist preached there, and the Gospels place the forty days of Jesus's testing in the wilderness after His baptism.
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All places A to Z
151 places from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0), each with every verse that names them.
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Abilene
Abilene, a region north of Damascus, ruled by the tetrarch Lysanias. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:1.
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Acco
Acco, a port city in Asher, later known as Ptolemais. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Judges 1:31.
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Achaia
Achaia, a Roman province covering much of Greece, with Corinth as its capital. Mentioned in 10 verses across 5 books, first at Acts 18:12.
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Adramyttium
Adramyttium, a port city in Asia Minor, where Paul boarded a ship. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 27:2.
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Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea, where Paul's ship was driven by a storm on his journey to Rome. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 27:27.
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Aenon
Aenon, a site near Salim where John the Baptist conducted baptisms. Mentioned once in Scripture, at John 3:23.
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Akeldama
Akeldama, also known as the Field of Blood or Potter's Field, was purchased with the money Judas received for betraying Jesus and used as a burial place for foreigners. Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Matthew 27:7.
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Alexandria
Alexandria, a significant port city in Egypt, played a role in Paul's journey to Rome. Mentioned in 4 verses across 1 book, first at Acts 6:9.
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Amphipolis
Amphipolis, a city in Macedonia, passed through by Paul and Silas. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 17:1.
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Antioch
Antioch in Pisidia, a city visited by Paul on his missionary journeys. Mentioned in 4 verses across 2 books, first at Acts 13:14.
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Antipatris
Antipatris, a city where Paul was brought by soldiers during his journey to Caesarea. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 23:31.
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Apollonia
Apollonia, a city in Macedonia through which Paul passed on his way to Thessalonica. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 17:1.
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Arabia
Arabia, a desert region southeast of Israel, known for trade and nomadic tribes. Mentioned in 19 verses across 9 books, first at 2 Samuel 23:35.
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Areopagus
The Areopagus, a hill in Athens where Paul addressed the philosophers and preached about the unknown God. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at Acts 17:19.
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Ashdod
Ashdod or Azotus, one of the five major Philistine cities, was a center of Dagon worship and a target of prophetic judgment. Mentioned in 21 verses across 10 books, first at Joshua 11:22.
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Asia
Asia, a Roman province in western Asia Minor, with Ephesus as its capital. Mentioned in 19 verses across 6 books, first at Acts 2:9.
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Assos
Assos, a seaport in Mysia where Paul met his companions during his third missionary journey. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Acts 20:13.
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Athens
Athens, the intellectual and cultural center of ancient Greece, where Paul preached the gospel and addressed the Areopagus. Mentioned in 6 verses across 2 books, first at Acts 17:15.
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Attalia
Attalia, a seaport in Pamphylia, was visited by Paul and Barnabas. (Act.14.25) Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 14:25.
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