List of modern names for Biblical place names

Old Testament names

Biblical name	Mentioned in	Present name	Province/Region	Country Name	Country Flag
Almon	Joshua 21:18	Khirbet Almit	Judea and Samaria	Israel
Babylon	Jeremiah 50:1 – 50:46	Hillah	Babil Governorate	Iraq
Beth Arbel	Hosea 10:14	Irbid	Irbid Governorate	Jordan
Beth-tappuah	Joshua 15:53	Taffuh	Judea and Samaria	Israel
Bozrah	Amos 1:12	Bouseira	Tafilah Governorate	Jordan
Cuthah	II Kings 17:24	Tell Ibrahim	Babil Governorate	Iraq
Dedan	Ezekiel 38:13	Al-‘Ula	Al Madinah Region	Saudi Arabia
Ecbatana	Ezra 6:2	Hamadan	Hamadan Province	Iran
Elim	Exodus 16:1	Wadi Gharandel	South Sinai Governorate	Egypt
Erech	Genesis 10:10	Uruk	Al Muthanna Governorate	Iraq
Etam	II Chronicles 11:6	Solomon’s Pools	Judea and Samaria	Israel
Gath	Joshua 13:3	Ramla	Central District	Israel
Gerar	Genesis 10:19	Haluza	Southern District	Israel
Gilo	Joshua 15:51	Beit Jala	Judea and Samaria	Israel
Gozan	I Chronicles 5:26	Tell Halaf	Al Hasakah Governorate	Syria
Harosheth Haggoyim	Judges 4:13	El Ahwat	Haifa District	Israel
Hamath	II Samuel 8:9	Hama	Hama Governorate	Syria
Hammath	Joshua 19:35	Tiberias	Northern District	Israel
Iron	Joshua 19:38	Yaroun	Nabatieh Governorate	Lebanon
Joppa	Jonah 1:3	Jaffa	Tel Aviv District	Israel
Kadesh	Numbers 20:1	Petra	Ma’an Governorate	Jordan
Kir of Moab	Isaiah 15:1	Al Karak	Karak Governorate	Jordan
Kiriath-Jearim	Joshua 9:17	Abu Ghosh	Jerusalem District	Israel
Kitron	Judges 1:30	Sepphoris	Northern District	Israel
Laish/Leshem	Judges 18:29 & Joshua 19:47	Tel Dan (Banias)	Northern District	Israel
Medeba	Numbers 21:30 & Joshua 13:9	Madaba	Madaba Governorate	Jordan
Nephtoah	Joshua 15:9	Lifta	Jerusalem District	Israel
No	Ezekiel 30:14	Alexandria	Alexandria Governorate	Egypt
Noph	Isaiah 19:13	Memphis	Giza Governorate	Egypt
No-amon/Thebes	Ezekiel30:16 & Nahum 3:8	Luxor	Luxor Governorate	Egypt
Noph	Isaiah 19:13	Memphis	Giza Governorate	Egypt
On/Awen	Genesis 46:20	Ayn Shams	Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Ono	I Chronicles 8:12	Or Yehuda	Central District	Israel
Ophir	Job 22:24	Sri Lanka	Island country	Sri Lanka
Pi-beseth/Bubastis	Ezekiel 30:17	Tell Basta	Al Sharqia Governorate	Egypt
Qiryat Arba	Joshua 14:15	Hebron	Hebron Governorate	Israel
Rabbah	Amos 1:14	Amman	Amman Governorate	Jordan
Rakkath	Joshua 19:35	Tiberias	Northern District	Israel
Sarepta	I Kings 17:9 & Obadiah 20	Sarafand	Southern Governorate	Lebanon
Seba (Saba)	Psalm 72:10	Meroë	River Nile Governorate	Sudan
Sheba	I Kings 10:1	Ma’rib	Ma’rib Governorate	Yemen
Shechem	Genesis 12:6	Nablus	Judea and Samaria Area	Israel
Shiloah	Isaiah 8:6	Silwan	Jerusalem District	Israel
Shomron (Samaria)	I Kings 16:24	Sebaste	Judea and Samaria Area	Israel
Sin/Pelusium	Ezekiel 30:15	Tell el Farama	North Sinai Governorate	Egypt
Susa	Nehemiah 1:1	Shush	Khūzestān Province	Iran
Syene	Ezekiel 29:10 & 30:6	Aswan	Aswan Governorate	Egypt
Tadmor	II Chronicles 8:4	Palmyra	Homs Governorate	Syria
Tahpanhes	Jeremiah 44:1	Tell Defenneh	Dakahlia Governorate	Egypt
Timnah	Judges 14:1	Khirbet Tibneh	Jerusalem District	Israel
Timnath-heres	Joshua 19:50	Kifl Haris	Judea and Samaria	Israel
Ur	Genesis 11:31 & Nehemiah 9:7	Tell el Muqayyar	Dhi Qar Governorate	Iraq
Zephathah (Zephath)	II Chronicles 14:10	Tell es-Safi	Jerusalem District	Israel
Ziddim	Joshua 19:35	Hittin	Northern District	Israel
Zoan	Numbers 13:22	Tanis	Al Sharqia Governorate	Egypt

New Testament names

Biblical name	Mentioned in	Present name	Province/Region	Country Name	Country Flag
Adramyttium	Acts 27:2	Burhaniye	Balıkesir Province	Turkey
Antioch	Acts 11:26	Antakya	Hatay Province	Turkey
Aphek	Acts 23:31	Rosh HaAyin	Central District	Israel
Assos	Acts 20:13	Behramkale	Çanakkale Province	Turkey
Attalia	Acts 14:25	Antalya	Antalya Province	Turkey
Berea	Acts 17:10-13	Veria	Imathia	Greece
Cauda	Acts 27:16	Gavdos	Chania	Greece
Cenchrea	Romans 16:1	Kechries	Korinthía	Greece
Gerasa	Mark 5:1 & Luke 8:26	Jerash	Jerash Governorate	Jordan
Iconium	Acts 14:1	Konya	Konya Province	Turkey
Lod	Acts 9:32	Lod	Central District	Israel
Lystra	Acts 14:8	Klistra	Konya Province	Turkey
Mitylene	Acts 20:14	Mytilene	Lesbos	Greece
Myra	Acts 27:5	Demre	Antalya Province	Turkey
Neapolis	Acts 16:11	Kavala	East Macedonia and Thrace	Greece
Nicopolis	Titus 3:12	Preveza	Epirus	Greece
Pergamum	Revelation 2:12	Bergama	İzmir Province	Turkey
Philadelphia	Revelation 3:7	Alaşehir	Manisa Province	Turkey
Ptolemais	Acts 21:7	Acre	Northern District	Israel
Puteoli	Acts 28:13	Pozzuoli	Campania	Italy
Rhegium	Acts 28:13	Reggio Calabria	Calabria	Italy
Smyrna	Revelation 2:8	İzmir	İzmir Province	Turkey
Thessalonica	I & II Thessalonians	Thessaloniki	Central Macedonia	Greece
Thyatira	Revelation 2:18	Akhisar	Manisa Province	Turkey

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