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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.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Mahanaim (Hebrew: מַחֲנַיִם Maḥănayīm, "camps") is a place mentioned a number of times by the Bible said to be near Jabbok, in the same general area as Jabesh-gilead, beyond the Jordan River. Although two possible sites have been identified, the precise location of Mahanaim is uncertain.
In the Hebrew Bible, the term used to refer to the future Transjordan is Hebrew: עבר הירדן (Ever HaYarden), "beyond the Jordan". This term occurs, for example, in the Book of Joshua . It was used by people on the west side of the Jordan, including the biblical writers, to refer to the other side of the Jordan River.
References in the Hebrew Bible Location Notes Hebrew Transliteration [1] English Strong's Nr Joshua All Tribe / Region Modern [2] אבץ ʾbṣ Abez, Ebez Joshua 19:20 1 Issachar אדם ʾdm Adam Joshua 3:16 1 ? (Located by the Jordan, near Zaretan, far from Jericho) Bedhat esh-Sha'ab [3] אדמה ʾdmh Adamah Joshua 19:36 1
Tishbe, sometimes transliterated as Thisbe, [1] is a town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's First Book of Kings, 1 Kings 17:1, as the residence and possibly even birthplace of the prophet Elijah, known as the Tishbite. It is placed by the biblical text in the historical region of Gilead, [2] now in the western part of modern-day Jordan.
Aroer (Hebrew: עֲרוֹעֵר, עֲרֹעֵר) is the name of two biblical cities in the Transjordan, [1] in what is today the Kingdom of Jordan. One is Areor on the Arnon, which is located on the north bank of the River Arnon to the east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The town was an ancient Moabite settlement, and is mentioned in ...
Sela (Hebrew: סֶּלַע, Selaʿ, "rock"; Arabic: السلع, es-Sela‛; Greek: πέτρα, 'Petra'; Latin: petra) [1] is a geographical name encountered several times in the Hebrew Bible, and applicable to a variety of locations. [2] One site by this name is placed by the Second Book of Kings in Edom. [2]