List of geographical and ethnographic names in the Bible

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The list of geographical and ethnographic names in the Bible can include all names of places, mountains , rivers , lakes , seas , islands , sanctuaries , countries, peoples that appear in the Bible ( Hebrew Bible , Old Testament and New Testament ). For personal names there is the List of Biblical Persons .

The spelling should be based on the unified ecumenical translation of the Bible or the Loccumer guidelines for the spelling of biblical names. Other known spellings are usually in the definition of the respective article, are set up as a forwarding to this and therefore do not need to be repeated here.

A.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Abana אֲבָנָה 'ǎvānāh flow 2 Kings 5.12  EU Barada in Syria , has its source in Anti-Lebanon and is lost in a dry area 30 km east of Damascus
Abarim עֲבָרִים 'ǎvārîm Mountains Dtn 32.49  EU "Otherworldly place" Abǎrim east of the Dead Sea to Mount Nebo
Abdon עֶבְרֹן 'æron Jos 19.28  EU "Crossing"
Abel-Bet-Maacha אָבֵלָה וּבֵית מַעֲכָה 'āvelāh ûvêt ma'ǎkhāh place 2 Sam 20.14  EU "Maacha House" Tell Ābil in today's Israel on the Lebanese border
Abel-Keramim אָבֵל כְּרָמִים 'āvel kərāmîm place Ri 11.33  EU "Aue of the vineyards" Nā‛ūr , Tell Ǧāwā , Ǧalūl , Saḥāb , but most likely Tell el-‛Umērī in the southwest of Amman in present-day Jordan
Abel-Majim אָבֵל מָיִם 'āvel mājim place 2 Chr 16.4  EU "Floodplain of water" → Abel-Bet-Maacha
Abel-Mehola אָבֵל מְחֹולָה 'āvel məḥôlāh place Ri 7.22  EU "Aue of the (round dance) dance" 1.) Rās Umm el-Charrūbe , Tell Abū Sifri , Chirbet Mhallal , but most likely Tell Abū Sūs , 2.) Tell el-Maqlūb , Tell Abū Charaz in the 1.) East or 2.) West Bank
Abel-Mizrajim אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם 'āvel miṣrajim place Gen 50.11  EU "Aue of Egypt" 1.) Tell el-Aǧlab , Chirbet Ġarbe or at Tell Dēr ‛Allā , 2.) ‛ Ēn Ḥaǧlā or 3.) Tell el-'Aǧǧūl or across from Chirbet ‛Irq ? 1.) in the East or 2.) West Bank or 3.) on the border with Egypt
Abel Shittim אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים 'āvel haššittîm Place of the desert migration Num 33.49  EU "Aue of the acacias" Tell el-Kefrēn or Tell el-Ḥammām in the East Bank , in present-day Jordan
Abilene Roman administrative district at the time of Herod the Great, around the city of Abila Lysaniou Lk 3.1  EU
Abrona עַבְרֹנָה 'avronāh one of the camps of the people of Israel during the 40-year desert migration between Jotbata and Ezjon-Geber Num 33.34  EU "Crossing"
Akhmeta אַחְמְתָא 'aḥmətā' Location in the province of Media, probably the Chaldean name for Ekbatana, the capital of Media Esr 6.2  EU
Achaia Acts 18.12  EU
Achor עָכֹור 'ākhôr Valley where Achan and his family were stoned Jos 7.24  EU afflict / bring misfortune Wādī en-Nuwē'ime , perhaps also Wādī el-Qelṭ at or southwest of Jericho
Oh sheep אַכְשָׁף 'akhšāf city Jos 11.1  EU
Achsib אַכְזִיב 'akhzîv Location in the tribal area of Judas Jos 15.44  EU Place of lies / place of abundance Chirbet Tell el-Bēḍā , Chirbet Umm Burğ , Chirbet el-Kafr , Chirbet Bēt ‛Elem or Chirbet‛ Ēn el-Kizbe southwest of Bet Shemesh in present-day Israel
Location in the tribal area of Aschers Jos 19.29  EU ez-zīb on the coast in the north of today's Israel
Adada עַדְעָדָה 'ad'ādāh Jos 15.22  EU "Juniper (place)"
Adam אָדָם 'ādām city Jos 3.16  EU "Ground" at the Jordan
Adama אֲדָמָה 'ādāmāh Jos 19.36  EU "Ground"
Adami-nekeb אֲדָמִי הַנֶּקֶב 'ǎdāmî hannæqæv Jos 19.33  EU "Red (place) of the passport"
Aditajim עֲדִיתַיִם 'ǎdîtajim Jos 15.36  EU
Addar אַדָּר 'addār city Jos 15.3  EU "Threshing floor"
Addon, also Kerub addon אַדָּן 'addån city Esr 2.59  EU in Babylonia
Adma אַדְמָה 'admāh City-state Gen 10.19  EU "Ground"
Adramyttion seaport Acts 27.2  EU in Asia Minor
Adullam עֲדֻלָּם 'ǎdullām city Gen 38.1  EU "Confinement (place)" Šēch Maḏkūr 16 km northwest of Hebron in the West Bank
Cave where David stayed for a long time during Saul's persecution 1 Sam 22.1  EU
Adummim אֲדֻמִּים 'ǎdummîm Mountain pass Jos 15.7  EU "(Rise of) the reddish earth" between Jericho and Jerusalem
Afek אֲפֵק 'ǎfeq city Jos 12.18  EU
Afeka אֲפֵקָה 'ǎfeqāh Jos 15.53  EU
Egypt מִצְרַיִם miṣrajim country Gen 12.10  EU
Mt 2.13  EU
Ahawa אַהֲוָא 'ahǎwā' Esr 8.15  EU
Ai עַי 'aj city Gen 12.8  EU the rubble hill et-tell 3 km southeast of Bet-El in the West Bank
Aye עַיַּת 'ajjat Isa 10.28  EU
Ajalon אַיָּלֹון 'ajjālôn Valley and city Jos 10.12  EU "Deer (area)"
Ajin עָיִן 'ājin Num 34.11  EU "Sources (place)"
Akkad אַכַּד 'akkad city Gen 10.10  EU in Mesopotamia
Akko עַכֹּו 'akkô city Ri 1.31  EU Tell el-Fuḫḫār near Acre on the coast in what is now Israel
Akrabbim עַקְרַבִּים 'aqrabbîm Num 34.4  EU
Alammelech אַלַמֶּלֶךְ 'alammælækh Jos 19.26  EU
Alemet Jos 21.18  EU
Alexandria Acts 18:24  EU
Almon-Diblatajim עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָיִם 'almon divlātājim Camp site of the Israelites during the desert migration Num 33.46  EU "Waymark of the two figs"
Alush אָלוּשׁ 'ālûš Place of the desert migration Num 33.13  EU
Amad עַמְעָד 'am'ād Jos 19.26  EU
Amalek עֲמָלֵק 'ǎmāleq 2 Sam 1.13  EU
Amalekiterberg הַר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי har hā'ǎmāleqî mountain Ri 12.15  EU
Amam אֲמָם 'ǎmām Jos 15.26  EU
Amana אֲמָנָה 'ǎmānāh Hld 4.8  EU "Reliability"
Amma אַמָּה 'ammāh hill 2 Sam 2.24  EU "(Hill of) the Canal"
Ammon עַמֹּון 'ammôn Country 2 Kings 24.2  EU east of the Jordan
Amphipolis Ἀμφίπολις Polis Acts 17.1  EU
Anab עֲנָב 'ǎnāv area Jos 11.21  EU "Grapes (place)"
Anahara אֲנָחֲרַת 'ǎnāḥǎrat Jos 19.19  EU
Ananya עֲנָנְיָה 'ǎnānjāh Village Neh 11.32  EU
Anatot עֲנָתֹות 'ǎnātôt Priest town Jos 21.18  EU in the Benjamin area
Anim עָנִים 'ānîm city Jos 15.50  EU
Antioch Acts 16.5  EU
Antipatris city Acts 23.31  EU at Tel Afek
Apollonia city Acts 17.1  EU in Macedonia
Ar עָר 'ār Num 21.15  EU
Ar-Moab עָר מֹואָב 'ār mô'āv city Num 21.28  EU City of Moab Chirbet el-Bālū ' 22 km north of Karak in present-day Jordan
Arab אֲרַב 'ǎrav Jos 15.52  EU "Ambush"
Araba עֲרָבָה 'ǎrāvāh region Dtn 1.1  EU "Semi-desert, steppe" / "Desert place" → Jordan Valley
Dtn 2.8  EU Arava , (Wādī l-) 'Araba Depression between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea
1 Sam 23.24  EU at the place Maon in the south of Judea
2 Kings 25.4  EU around Jericho
Arabia Isa 21.13  EU
Gal 1.17  EU
Arad עֲרָד 'ǎrād kingdom Num 21.1  EU "Wild ass" in the Negeb
Aram אֲרָם 'ǎrām area Num 23.7  EU
Aram -Maacha אֲרַם מַעֲכָה 'ǎrām ma'ǎkhāh 1 Chr 19.6  EU
Ararat אֲרָרָט 'ǎrārāt Mountains Gen 8.4  EU Ararat in the Ararat Highlands in Eastern Anatolia near the border with Armenia and Iran
Areopagus Ἄρειος πάγος rock Acts 17:19  EU in Athens , northwest of the Acropolis
Argob אַרְגֹּב 'argov landscape Dtn 3.4  EU Clod of earth? in the East Bank
Arimathea place Mt 27.57  EU in the mountains of Ephraim
Ariël אֲרִיאֵל 'ǎrî'el City that David fought Isa 29.1  EU
Arnon אַרְנֹון 'arnôn flow Num 21.13  EU the rustling / murmuring? Wādī l-Mōǧib in Jordan
Arnonhöhe בָּמֹות אַרְנֹן bāmôt 'arnon Num 21.28  EU
Aroër עֲרֹעֵר 'ǎro'er Num 32.34  EU
Arpad אַרְפָּד 'arpād city 2 Kings 18.34  EU Tall Rifaat 30 km northeast of Aleppo in Syria
Aruma תָרְמָה tārmāh Ri 9.31  EU
Ashan עָשָׁן 'āšān Jos 15.42  EU
Ashna אַשְׁנָה 'ašnāh Jos 15.33  EU
Jos 15.43  EU
Ashdod אַשְׁדֹּוד 'ašdôd city Jos 15.46  EU
Ashkenaz אַשְׁכְּנָז 'aškənāz kingdom Jer 51.27  EU
Ashkelon אֶשְׁקְלֹוֹן 'æšqəlôn Jos 13.3  EU
Ashtarot עַשְׁתָּרֹת 'aštārot Dtn 1.4  EU
Ashterot-Karnajim עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם 'aštərot qarnajim Gen 14.5  EU
Aseka עֲזֵקָה 'ǎzeqāh Jos 10.10  EU
Asia province 1 Petr 1.1  EU
Asia province Acts 2.9  EU
Asnot-Tabor אַזְנֹות תָּבֹור 'aznôt tāvôr Jos 19.34  EU
Assyria אַשּׁוּר 'aššûr city Gen 2.14  EU in northern Iraq
Atach עֲתָךְ 'ǎtākh 1 Sam 30.29  EU
Atad → see Goren-Atad
Atar עֶתֶר 'ætær Jos 19.7  EU
Atarim אֲתָרִים 'ǎtārîm Num 21.1  EU
Atarot עֲטָרֹות 'ǎtārôt Num 32.3  EU
Atarot-Adar עַטְרֹות אַדָּר 'atrôt' adār Jos 16.5  EU
Athens Ἀθῆναι city Acts 17.15  EU
Atrot-Addar עַטְרֹות אַדָּר 'atrôt' addār Jos 18.13  EU
Atrot Schofan עַטְרֹת שֹׁופָן 'atrot šôfān city Num 32.35  EU
Awen → Bet-Awen or Bikat-Awen
אָוֶן 'āwæn Hos 10.8  EU
Awa עַוָּא 'awwā' 2 Kings 17.24  EU
Awit עֲוִית 'ǎwît city Gen 36.35  EU
Awim עַוִּים 'awwîm Jos 18.23  EU
Azmon עַצְמֹון 'aṣmôn Num 34.4  EU Bone location El-Quseme on the Sinai Peninsula

B.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Baala בַּעֲלָה ba'ǎlāh Jos 15.9  EU → Kirjat-Jearim
Baalat בַּעֲלָת ba'ǎlāt Jos 19.44  EU
Baalat beer בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר ba'ǎlāt bə'er Jos 19.8  EU
Baal-Gad בַּעַל גָּד ba'al gād Jos 11.17  EU
Baal-Hamon בַּעַל הָמֹון ba'al hāmôn Hld 8.11  EU
Baal Hazor בַּעַל חָצֹור ba'al ḥāṣôr Place of worship 2 Sam 13.23  EU Ǧebel el 'Aṣūr 22 km north of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Baal-Hermon בַּעַל חֶרְמֹון ba'al ḥærmôn mountain Ri 3.3  EU
Baal-Meon בַּעַל מְעֹון ba'al mə'ôn Num 32.38  EU
Baal-Pegor בַּעַל־פְּעֹור ba'al pə'ôr Hos 9.10  EU
Baal-Perazim בַּעַל־פְּרָצִים ba'al pərāṣîm 2 Sam 5.20  EU Lord of Breakthroughs
Baal Shalisha בַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה ba'al ṣāliṣāh 2 Kings 4.42  EU
Baal-Tamar בַּעַל תָּמָר ba'al tāmār Ri 20.33  EU
Baal-Zefon בַּעַל צְפֹן ba'al ṣəfon Ex 14.2  EU
Babel בָּבֶל bāvæl Capital of Babylonia Gen 10.10  EU "Mess" (in Hebrew ) Babylon on the Euphrates , 90 km south of Baghdad in what is now Iraq
Babylon Acts 7.43  EU
Bahurim בַּחֻרִים baḥurîm 2 Sam 3.16  EU
Bamot בָּמֹות bāmôt Num 21.19  EU
Bamot-Baal בָּמֹות בַּעַל bāmôt ba'al Jos 13.17  EU
Bashan בָּשָׁן bāšān area Num 21.33  EU en-Nuqra Part of today's Syrian province of Dara'a
Bat-Rabbim בַּת־רַבִּים asked rabîm Hld 7.5  EU
Bealot בְּעָלֹות bə'ālôt Jos 15.24  EU
Beer בְּאֵר bə'er Place of the desert migration Num 21.16  EU Well, cistern in the East Bank
Abimelech's brother's refuge Ri 9.21  EU maybe Al-Bireh
Beer-Elim בְּאֵר אֵילִי bə'er 'êlî Isa 15.8  EU
Beer-Lahai-Roï בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי bə'er laḥaj ro'î Fountain Gen 16.14  EU Well of the living who sees me
Beersheba בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע bə'er šæva ' Gen 21.14  EU Oath well / Siebenbrunnen Bīr es-Seba ' or Tell es-Seba' , both in Be'er Sheva in the south of today's Israel
Beerot בְּאֵרֹות bə'erôt place Jos 9.17  EU Fountain (pl.) in the West Bank
Beerot-Bene-Jaakan בְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן bə'erot bənê ja'ǎqān Dtn 10.6  EU
Bela, later Zoar בֶּלַע bæla ' city Gen 14.2  EU
Benjamin Gate שַׁעַר בִּנְיָמִן ša'ar binjāmin goal Sach 14.10  EU
Ben Hinnom Valley גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם gê væn hinnom valley Jos 15.8  EU
Bene-Berak בְּנֵי־בְרַק bənê vəraq Jos 19.45  EU
Bene-Jaakan בְּנֵי יַעֲקָֽן bənê ja'ǎqān Num 33.31  EU
Beon בְּעֹן bə'on Num 32.3  EU
Berea 1 Makk 9.4  EU
Bered בָּרֶד bāræd Gen 16.14  EU
Berotai בֵּרֹתַי berotaj 2 Sam 8.8  EU
Besek בֶּזֶק bæzæq place Ri 1.4  EU Stone / chunk / shard Chirbet Ibzīq in the West Bank
1 Sam 11.8  EU Chirbet el-Kunnise ? in today's Israel
Besor בְּשֹׂור bəśôr Brook 1 Sam 30.9  EU
Bethany Hometown of Lazarus Mt 21.17  EU House of the poor Al-Eizariya 2.7 km southeast of Jerusalem on the east side of the Mount of Olives
Place of the baptism of John Joh 1.28  EU Origen identifies the place with the Jordan ford Bethabara east of the Jordan
Betar Mountains הָרֵי בָתֶר hārê vātær Hld 2.17  EU
Pray בֶּטֶן bætæn Jos 19.25  EU
Betesda cistern Joh 5,2  EU "House of Grace" or "He gives revival / recovery" in Jerusalem
Prayer Βηθφαγή place Mt 21.1  EU House of unripe figs near Jerusalem
Bethlehem בֵּית לָחֶם bêt lāḥæm place Gen 35.19  EU
Mt 2.1  EU 		House of bread (meat / fish / battle / of the god Lah (a) mu) Bethlehem south of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Jos 19.15  EU Bet Lahm 10 km west of Nazareth
Bethlehem Efrata בֵּית־לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה bêt læḥæm 'æfrātāh Mi 5.1  EU
Concrete בְּטֹנִים bətonîm Jos 13.26  EU
Betsaida Βηθσαϊδά place Mt 11.21  EU House of Hunting / Catching / Fishing Et-Tell on the Sea of ​​Galilee in what is now the Golan Heights under Israeli control
Betul בְּתוּל bətûl Jos 19.4  EU
Betulia Βαιτυλουα Judith's hometown Jud 4,6  EU Virgin / House of God fictional place near the Jezreel plain
Bet-Anat בֵּית־עֲנָת bêt 'ǎnāt city Jos 19.38  EU -House
Bet-anot בֵּית־עֲנֹות bêt 'ǎnôt Jos 15.59  EU -House
Bet Arabah בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה bêt hā'ǎrāvāh Jos 15.6  EU -House
Bet-Arbeel בֵּית אַרְבֵאל bêt 'arve'l Hos 10.14  EU
Bet-Awen בֵּית אָוֶן bêt 'āwæn place Jos 7.2  EU Bösenhausen Chirbet el-Ḥudrīja 5 km east of Bet-El in the West Bank
Ridiculous name Hos 5.8  EU → Bet-El
Bet-Baal-Meon בֵּית בַּעַל מְעֹון bêt ba'al mə'ôn Jos 13.17  EU -House
Bet-Bara בֵּית בָּרָה bêt bārāh Ri 7.24  EU -House
Bet-Dagon בֵּית־דָּגֹון bêt dāgôn Jos 15.41  EU -House
Bet-Diblatajim בֵּית דִּבְלָתָיִם׃ bêt divlātājim Jer 48.22  EU -House
Bet-Eden בֵּית עֶדֶן bêt 'ædæn At 1.5  EU -House perhaps with Bit Adini identical
Betel בֵּית־אֵל bêt 'el Gen 12.8  EU House of El, house of God Bētīn near Bet Els 17 km north of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Bet-Emek בֵּית הָעֵמֶק bêt hā'æmæq Jos 19.27  EU -House
Bet-Gamul בֵּית גָּמוּל bêt gāmûl Jer 48.23  EU -House
Bet-Gilgal בֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל bêt haggilgāl Neh 12.29  EU -House
Bet-Haezel בֵּית הָאֵצֶל bêt hā'eṣæl Wed 1.11  EU
Bet-Haram בֵּית הָרָם bêt hārām Jos 13.27  EU -House
Bet-Haran בֵּית הָרָן bêt hārān city Num 32.36  EU -House
Bet-Hogla בֵּית חָגְלָה bêt ḥåglāh Jos 15.6  EU -House
Bet-Horon בֵּית־חֹורֹן bêt ḥôron Jos 10.10  EU -House
Bet-ezhimot בֵּית הַיְשִׁמֹת bêt hajəšimot Num 33.49  EU -House
Bet-Kar בֵּית כָּר bêt kār 1 Sam 7.11  EU -House
Bet-Kerem בֵּית-הַכָּרֶם Bêt hakāræm Neh 3.14  EU -House
Bet Leafra בֵּית לְעַפְרָה bêt lə'afrāh Wed 1.10  EU
Bet-Lebaot בֵּית לְבָאֹות bêt ləvā'ôt Jos 19.6  EU -House
Bet-Markabot בֵּית-הַמַּרְכָּבֹות Bêt hammarkāvôt Jos 19.5  EU -House
Bet-Millo בֵּית מִלֹּוא bêt millô ' Ri 9.6  EU -House
Bet-Nimra בֵּית נִמְרָה bêt nimrāh city Num 32.36  EU -House
Bet-Pazzez בֵּית פַּצֵּץ bêt paṣṣeṣ Jos 19.21  EU -House
Bet-Pegor בֵּית פְּעֹור bêt pə'ôr place Dtn 3.29  EU -House in the steppe area of ​​Moab, near the grave of Moses
Bet-Pelet בֵּית פָּלֶט bêt pālæt Jos 15.27  EU -House
Bet-Rehob בֵּית־רְחֹוב bêt rəḥôv Ri 18.28  EU -House
Bet-Schean בֵּית־שְׁאָן bêt šə'ān Jos 17.11  EU House of the Schean / Schan Tell el-Höṣn in today's Israel
Bet-Schemesch בֵּית־שֶׁמֶשׁ bêt šæmæš Jos 15.10  EU -House
Bet-Shitta בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה bêt haššittāh Ri 7.22  EU -House
Bet-Tappuach בֵּית־תַּפּוּחַ bêt tappûaḥ Jos 15.53  EU -House
Bet-Ter Jos 15.59  EU -House
Bet-Zur בֵּית־צוּר bêt ṣûr Jos 15.58  EU -House
Bezer בֶּצֶר bæṣær Dtn 4.43  EU
Bikat-Awen בִּקְעַת־אָוֶן biq'at 'āwæn At 1.5  EU
Bithynia Βιθυνία roman province Acts 16.7  EU in northwest Asia Minor
Bloodfield Mt 27.8  EU
Bochim בֹּכִים bokhîm Ri 2.1  EU Place of crying
Bor-Ashan בֹּור־עָשָׁן bôr 'āšān 1 Sat 30  29
Bor-Sira בֹּור הַסִּרָה bôr hassirāh 2 Sam 3.26  EU
Bozez בֹּוצֵץ bôṣeṣ Jagged rock 1 Sam 14.4  EU
Bozkat בָּצְקַת båṣqat Jos 15.39  EU
Bozra בָּצְרָה båṣrāh Gen 36.33  EU

C.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Caesarea Philippi Καισαρείαι τῆς Φιλίππου place Mt 16.13  EU
Caesarea Καισάρεια city Acts 8.40  EU
Chaldea כַּשְׂדִּים kašdîm landscape Gen 11.28  EU
Chorazin Χοραζίν Village Mt 11.21  EU Khirbet Karazeh 3 km northwest of Capernaum

D.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Dabbeeth דַּבָּשֶׁת dabbāšæt Jos 19.11  EU
Daberat דָּֽבְרַת dāvərat Jos 19.12  EU
Dalmanuta δαλμανουθα place Mk 8.10  EU at the Sea of ​​Galilee
Dalmatia 2 Tim 4.10  EU
Damascus דַּמָּשֶׂק dammāśæq city Gen 14,15  EU
Acts 9,2  EU 		Damascus in present-day Syria
Dan דָּן dān Gen 14.14  EU Tel Dan
Danna דַּנָּה thenāh city Jos 15.49  EU in the territory of the tribe of Judah
Debir, previously Kirjat-Sefer and Kirjat-Sanna דְּבִר dəvir Jos 10.38  EU
Dedan דְּדָן dədān city Gen 10.7  EU al-'Ulā in the northwest of what is now Saudi Arabia
Decapolis Δεκάπολις Mt 4,25  EU Ten city
The Lord is peace יְהוָה שָׁלֹום jhwh šālôm altar Ri 6.24  EU the lord is peace
Rough Δέρβη Acts 14.6  EU
Dibon דִּיבֹון dîvôn Num 21.30  EU Grief / fainting Tall ībān at Dhiban 65 km south of Amman in Jordan
Dibon-Gad דִּיבֹן גָּד dîvon gād Num 33.45  EU Dibon des Gad → Dibon
Dilan דִּלְעָן dil'ān Jos 15.38  EU
Dimna דִּמְנָה dimnāh Jos 21.35  EU
Dimona דִּימֹונָה dîmônāh Jos 15.22  EU
Dinhaba דִּנְהָבָה dinhāvāh Gen 36.32  EU
Di-sahab דִּי זָהָב dî zāhāv Dtn 1.1  EU
Dofka דָּפְקָה dåfqāh Num 33.12  EU
Dor דֹּור dôr Jos 11.2  EU
Dotan דֹּתָן dotān Place where Joseph was sold by his brothers Gen 37.17  EU
City where Elisha was surrounded by the king of Syria 2 Kings 6,13  EU
duma רוּמָה rûmāh Jos 15.52  EU
Dura דּוּרָא dûrā ' level Dan 3.1  EU

E.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Ebal עֵיבָל 'êvāl mountain Dtn 11.29  EU Ǧebel Islāmīje northwest of Nablus in the West Bank
Eben-Eser אֶבֶן עֵזֶר 'ævæn' ezær place 1 Sam 4.1  EU "Stone of [God's] Help" mostly 'Izbet Ṣarṭa 3 km east of Afek in present-day Israel
1 Sam 7.12  EU Dēr Abān ? on the road from Mizpah ( Tell en-Naṣbe ) either via Bet-Horon ( Bēt ‛Ūr et-Taḥtā ) to Shen ( Bēt Šennā ) or to Ashna ( ‛ Islīn )
boar עֵבֶר 'evær Num 24.24  EU
Ebez אָבֶץ 'āvæṣ Jos 19.20  EU
Eden עֵדֶן 'edæn garden Gen 2.8  EU
Eder עֵדֶר 'evær Jos 15.21  EU
Edom אֱדֹום 'ädôm country Gen 32.4  EU east of Wadi Araba between Moab and Seir in present-day Jordan
Edreï אֶדְרֶעִי 'ædræ'î Num 21.33  EU
Efa עֵיפָה 'êfāh Isa 60,6  EU
Efes-Dammim אֶפֶס דַּמִּים 'æfæs dammîm 1 Sam 17.1  EU
Ephraim אֶפְרָיִם 'ærājim Mountains Jos 17.15  EU
Sir 47.21  EU
Efrata אֶפְרָתָה 'æfrātāh place Gen 35.16  EU → Bethlehem
Efron עֶפְרֹון 'æfrôn mountain Jos 15.9  EU
Eglajim אֶגְלַיִם 'æglajim Isa 15.8  EU
Eglat-Shelishiya עֶגְלַת שְׁלִשִׁיָּה 'æglat šəlišîjāh Isa 15,5  EU
Eglon עֶגְלֹון 'æglôn kingdom Jos 10.3  EU
Ekron עֶקְרֹון 'æqrôn City of the Philistines Jos 13.3  EU Tel Miqne
Elale אֶלְעָלֵה 'æl'āleh Num 32.3  EU
Elam עֵילָם 'êlām country Gen 14.1  EU east of the Tigris in present-day Iran
Elat אֵילַת 'êlat Dtn 2.8  EU
Elephant אֶלֶף 'ælæf Jos 18.28  EU
Elim אֵילִם 'êlim Ex 15.27  EU , Num 33.9  EU
Elkosch אֶלְקֹשׁ 'ælqoš Near 1.1  EU
Ellasar אֶלָּסָר 'ællāsār country Gen 14.1  EU
Elon אֵילֹון 'êlôn Jos 19.43  EU
Elteke אֶלְתְּקֵה 'æltəqeh Jos 19.44  EU
Eltekon אֶלְתְּקֹן 'æltəqon Jos 15.59  EU
Eltolad אֶלְתֹּולַד 'æltôlad Jos 15.30  EU
El-Paran אֵיל פָּארָן 'êl pā'rān Gen 14.6  EU
El-Roï אֵל רֳאִי 'el rå'î Gen 16.13  EU
Emek-Kaziz עֵמֶק קְצִיץ 'æmæq qəṣîṣ Jos 18.21  EU
Emmaus Αμμαους place 1 Makk 3.40  EU it is unclear whether they are the same or two different places
Ἐμμαοῦς Destination of two disciples of Jesus Lk 24.13  EU
Enajim עֵינָם 'ênām Gen 38.14  EU
En-dor עֵין־דֹּר 'ên dor place Jos 17.11  EU Source of the sexes / assembly Chirbet eṣ-Ṣafṣāfe or Tell el-'Aǧǧūl southeast of Afula in present-day Israel
En-Dór עֵין־דֹּאר 'ên do'r Ps 83.11  EU
En-Gannim עֵין גַּנִּים 'ên gannîm Jos 15.34  EU -source
En-Gedi עֵין גֶּדִי 'ên gædî oasis Jos 15.62  EU
Sir 24.14  EU 		-source in the north of the Negev
En-hadda עֵין חַדָּה 'ên ḥaddāh Jos 19.21  EU -source
En-Harod → Harod source
En-Hazor עֵין חָצֹור 'ên ḥāṣôr Jos 19.37  EU -source
En-mishpat עֵין מִשְׁפָּט 'ên mišpāt Gen 14.7  EU -source → Kadesh
En-Schemesch עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ 'ên šæmæš Jos 15.7  EU -source
En-Rimmon עַיִן וְרִמֹּון ajin wərimmôn Jos 15.32  EU -source
En-Tappuach עֵין תַּפּוּחַ 'ên tappûaḥ Jos 17.7  EU -source
Ephesus Ἔφεσος city Acts 18:19  EU Efes near Selçuk , about 70 km south of Izmir in what is now Turkey
Erech אֶרֶךְ 'ærækh city Gen 10.10  EU Warka 20 km east of the Euphrates near Ur
Eschan אֶשְׁעָן 'æš'ān Jos 15.52  EU
Ashcol אֶשְׁכֹּל 'æškol Stream and valley Num 13.23  EU grape → Grape Valley
Eshtaol אֶשְׁתָּאֹול 'æštā'ôl Jos 15.33  EU Place of survey Išwa ' , ' Arṭūf , Islīn , Chirbet Dēr Abū Qābūs or Chirbet Dēr Šubēb , all near present-day Eshtaol 20 km west of Jerusalem in what is now Israel
Eschtemoa אֶשְׁתְּמֹה 'æštəmoh
אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ ' æštəmoa ' 		Levite and asylum city in Judah Jos 15.50  EU , Jos 21.14  EU Place of being heard / hearing Samu ‛ in the West Bank
Esek עֵשֶׂק 'eśæq Fountain Gen 26.20  EU Quarrel
Etam אֵתָם 'etām Ex 13.20  EU
Eter עֶתֶר 'ætær Jos 15.42  EU
Et-Kazin עִתָּה קָצִין 'itāh qāzîn Jos 19.13  EU
Eufrat פְּרָת pərāt flow Gen 2.14  EU
Rev 9.14  EU
Sir 24.26  EU 		big River in present-day Turkey , Syria and Iraq
Ezem עָצֶם 'āṣæm Jos 15.29  EU
Ezion donors עֶצְיֹון גֶּבֶר 'æṣjôn gævær Num 33.35  EU Tell el-Ḫlēfe or Ǧezīret Farʻūn ? on the Gulf of Aqaba

F.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Fish gate שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים ša'ar haddāgîm goal Zef 1.10  EU

G

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Gaasch גָּעַשׁ gā'aš mountain Jos 24.30  EU
Gabbata Γαββαθα space Joh 19,13  EU
Gadara Mt 8.28  EU
Gal-Ed גַּלְעֵד gal'ed Cairn Gen 31.47  EU
Galatia 1 Cor 16.1  EU
Galilee גָּלִיל gālîl
Γαλιλαία		 area Jos 12.23  EU
Gallim Jos 15.59  EU
Garizim גְּרִזִים gərizîm
Γαριζιν		 mountain Dtn 11.29  EU
2 Makk 5.23  EU 		near Nablus in the West Bank
Gat גַּת gat city Jos 13.3  EU Tell it-Safi on the territory of the Philistines between Gaza and Ashdod
Gat-Hefer גַּת הַחֵפֶר gat haḥefær Jos 19.13  EU fortified wine press Chirbet ez-Zerrā ' 5 km northeast of Nazareth in present-day Israel
Gat Rimmon גַּת־רִמּוֹן gat rimmôn Jos 19.45  EU Pomegranate press Tell Abū Zētūn or Tell Ǧerīše near Tel Aviv in today's Israel
Gaza עַזָּה 'azzāh city Gen 10.19  EU Gaza in the Gaza Strip
Geba גָּבַע gāva ' Jos 18.24  EU
Geba-Benjamin גֶּבַע בִּנְיָמִן gæva 'binjāmîn 1 Sam 13.16  EU
Gebal גְּבָל gəvāl Ps 83.8  EU
Gebim הַגֵּבִים haggevîm Isa 10.31  EU
Geder גֶּדֶר gædær Jos 12.13  EU
Gedera גְּדֵרָה gəderāh Jos 15.36  EU
Gederot גְּדֵרֹות gəderôt Jos 15.41  EU
Gederotayim גְּדֵרֹתָיִם gəderotājim Jos 15.36  EU
Gedor גְּדֹור gədôr Jos 15.58  EU
Gelilot גְּלִילֹות gəlîlôt Jos 18.17  EU
Gennesaret Γεννησαρέτ city Mt 14.34  EU
lake Lk 5.1  EU in northern Israel in the upper Jordan Valley
Gerar גְּרָר gərār Place and city-state Gen 10.19  EU scraped / bare place? Tell Abū Hurēra ? in present-day Israel between Gaza and Beer Sheva
Gerasa city Mk 5.1  EU in present-day Jordan
Geschur גְּשׁוּר gəšûr 2 Sam 3.3  EU
Gesar גֶּזֶר gæzær City-state Jos 10.33  EU locked room / partition? Tell el-Ǧazarī 8 km south-southwest of Ramla
Gethsemane Γεθσημανὶ Property Mt 26.36  EU Wine press / press of oils / place of signs / lush valley at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
Giach גִּיחַ gîaḥ 2 Sam 2.24  EU
Gibbeton גִּבְּתֹון gibbətôn Jos 19.44  EU
Gibeah גִּבְעָה giv'āh place Jos 15.56  EU hill in the Judean highlands
Jos 24.33  EU 'Awartā ? in Ephraim
Ri 19.12  EU Tell el-Fūl , maybe Ǧeba ' 5 or 10 km north of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Gibeah Benjamin גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין giv'at binjāmîn 1 Sam 13.2  EU
Gibeah of Saul גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל giv'at šā'ûl 1 Sam 11.4  EU
Gibeat-Amma גִּבְעַת אַמָּה giv'at 'ammāh 2 Sam 2.24  EU
Gibeat-Elohim גִּבְעַת הָאֱלֹהִים giv'at hā'älohîm 1 Sam 10.5  EU
Gibeon גִּבְעוֹן Giv'on city Jos 9,3  EU Hillock el-Ǧīb 9 km north-northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Gidom גִּדְעֹם gid'om Ri 20.45  EU
Gihon גִּיחֹון gîḥôn flow Gen 2.13  EU
Sir 24.27  EU
Gilboa גִּלְבֹּעַ gilboa ' Mountains 1 Sam 28.4  EU Evil Fuqu'a in present-day Israel on the border with the West Bank
Gilead גִּלְעָד gil'ād Mountains Gen 31.21  EU east of the Jordan between the rivers Jarmuk in the north Jabbok in the south
Gilgal גִּלְגָל gilgāl place Dtn 11.30  EU Stone circle / cairn (place) Chirbet Ǧulēǧīl or el-‛Unuq ? in the West Bank
Jos 4.19  EU Tell Muilenburg 2 or Ṣuwwānet eṯ-Ṯanīje in the West Bank
Jos 12.23  EU → Galilee
Jos 18.17  EU → Gelilot
2 Kings 2.1  EU Ǧilǧilije or Chirbet ‛Aljāte ? in the West Bank
Neh 12.29  EU → Bet-Gilgal
Gilo גִּלֹה giloh Jos 15.51  EU
Gittayim גִּתָּיִם gittājim 2 Sam 4,3  EU
Gog Rev 20.8  EU
Goyim גֹּויִם gôjim Jos 12.23  EU
Golan גֹּולָן gôlān Dtn 4.43  EU
Golgotha Γολγοθᾶ hill Mt 27.33  EU outside of Jerusalem
Omer גֹּמֶר gomær Ez 38.6  EU
Gomorrah עֲמֹרָה 'ǎmorāh City-state Gen 10.19  EU
Mt 10.15  EU
Goren-Atad גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד goræn hā'ātād Gen 50.10  EU
Goschen גֹּשֶׁן gošæn area Gen 45.10  EU between the eastern Nile Delta and today's Suez Canal
city Jos 15.51  EU in Judah
God, the God of Israel אֵל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 'el' alohê jiśrā'el altar Gen 33.20  EU
Gosan גֹּוזָן gôzān city 2 Kings 17.6  EU Tell Halaf in the northeast of present-day Syria
Greece יָוָן Jawan
Ελλάδα		 Culture area Acts 20.2  EU
Great Sidon צִידֹון רַבָּה ṣîdôn rabbāh Jos 11.8  EU
Gur גּוּר gûr 2 Kings 9.27  EU
Gur-Baal גּוּר־בָּעַל gûr bā'al 2 Chr 26.7  EU

H

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Hachila חֲכִילָה ḥǎkhîlāh hill 1 Sam 23.19  EU
Hadad-Rimmon הֲדַד־רִמֹּון hǎdad rimmôn Sach 12.11  EU
Hadasha חֲדָשָׁה ḥǎdāšāh Jos 15.37  EU
Hadrach חַדְרָךְ ḥadrākh country Sach 9.1  EU
Hafarajim חֲפָרַיִם ḥǎfārîm Jos 19.19  EU
Halach Obd 20  EU
Halhul חַלְחוּל ḥalḥûl Jos 15.58  EU
Hali חֲלִי ḥǎlî Jos 19.25  EU in the West Bank
Ham הָם hām Gen 14.5  EU
Hamat חֲמָת ḥǎmāt 2 Sam 8.9  EU in present-day Syria
Hamat-Rabba חֲמַת רַבָּה ḥǎmat rabbāh At 6.2  EU
Hammat rakkat חַמַּת רַקַּת ḥammat raqqat Jos 19.35  EU
Hammon חַמֹּון hammôn Jos 19.28  EU
Hammot-Dor חַמֹּת דֹּאר ḥammot do'r Jos 21.32  EU
Hananel מִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל migdal ḥǎnan'el tower Sach 14.10  EU
Hanes חָנֵס ānes Isa 30,4  EU
Hannaton חַנָּתֹן ḥannāton Jos 19.14  EU
Harada חֲרָדָה ḥǎrādāh Num 33  24
Haran חָרָן hārān city Gen 11.31  EU Path / journey / caravan Altınbaşak in today's Turkey near the border with Syria
Armageddon Ἁρμαγεδών Place of the end-time decisive battle Rev 16:16  EU Mountain / Mountains of Megiddo fictional place
Harod חֲרֹד ḥǎrod place 2 Sam 23.25  EU sparse rain? Chirbet Ḥarēḏān (lizard ruin ) 5 km southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Harod source עֵין חֲרֹד 'ên ḥǎrod source Ri 7.1  EU Source of tremor? ‛Ēn el-Ǧim'aīn or ‛ Ēn Ǧālūd in the north of today's Israel
Haroschet-Goyim חֲרֹשֶׁת הַגֹּויִם ḥǎrošæt haggôjim Plowing place of peoples / heathens Ri 4.2  EU
Har-heres הַר־חֶרֶס har hæræs Ri 1.35  EU
Hashmona חַשְׁמֹנָה ḥašmonāh Num 33.29  EU
Hawila חֲוִילָה ḥǎwîlāh country Gen 2.11  EU Sand country Arabian Peninsula ?
Hawot-Jaïr חַוֹּת יָאִיר ḥawwôt jā'îr Tented villages Num 32.41  EU Jaïrs tented villages
Hazar-Addar חֲצַר־אַדָּר ḥǎṣar 'addār Num 34.4  EU
Hazar-enan חֲצַר עֵינָן ḥǎṣar 'ênān Num 34.9  EU
Hazar-Gadda חֲצַר גַּדָּה ḥǎṣar gaddāh Jos 15.27  EU
Hazar-Schual חֲצַר שׁוּעָל ḥǎṣar šû'āl Jos 15.28  EU
Hazar-Susa חֲצַר סוּסָה ḥǎṣar sûsāh Jos 19.5  EU
Hazerot חֲצֵרֹות ḥǎṣerôt Place of the desert migration Num 11.35  EU Enclosures / homesteads
Place of a Moses speech Dtn 1.1  EU
Hazezon tamar חַצְצֹן תָּמָר ḥaṣəṣon tāmār Gen 14.7  EU
Hazor חָצֹור ḥāṣôr City-state Jos 11.1  EU Homestead / enclosure
Hazor-hadatta חָצֹור׀ חֲדַתָּה ḥāṣôr ḥǎdattāh Jos 15.25  EU
Hebron חֶבְרֹון ḥævrôn city Gen 13.18  EU Place of alliance within the present day city of Hebron in the West Bank
Hefer חֵפֶר ḥefær kingdom Jos 12.17  EU
Helam חֵילָם ḥêlām 2 Sam 10.16  EU
Helba חֶלְבָּה ḥælbāh Ri 1.31  EU
Helef חֵלֶף ḥelæf Jos 19.33  EU
Helkat חֶלְקַת ḥælqat Jos 19.25  EU
Helkat-Hazzurim חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים ḥælqat haṣṣurîm 2 Sam 2.16  EU Field of stone knives
Enoch חֲנוֹךְ ḥǎnôkh city Gen 4.17  EU
Hermon חֶרְמֹון ḥærmôn Mountains Dtn 3.8  EU
Sir 24.13  EU 		in the border area of ​​today's Lebanon , Israel and Syria
Heschbon חֶשְׁבֹּון ḥæšbôn city Num 21.25  EU east of the Jordan near the Nebo
Heschmon חֶשְׁמֹון ḥæšmôn Jos 15.27  EU
Hezron חֶצְרֹון ḥæṣrôn Jos 15.3  EU
Hiërapolis Col 4.13  EU
Hinnom Valley גֵּי־הִנֹּם gê hinnom Jos 15.8  EU → Ben Hinnom Valley
Hoba חֹובָה ḥôvāh Gen 14.15  EU north of Damascus
Holon חֹלֹן ḥolon Jos 15.51  EU
Hor הֹר hor mountain Num 20.22  EU
Num 34.7  EU
Hor-Bidgad חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד ḥor haggidgād Num 33.32  EU
Hor-Gidgad הַגֻדְגֹּדָה hagudgodāh Dtn 10.7  EU
Horeb חֹרֵב ḥorev mountain Ex 3.1  EU
Sir 48.7  EU
Horem חֳרֵם ḥårem Jos 19.38  EU
Horescha חֹרְשָׁה ḥoršāh 1 Sam 23.15  EU
Horma חָרְמָה ḥårmāh Num 14.45  EU Banned location / banned location
Horonaim חֹורֹנַיִם ḥôronajim Isa 15,5  EU
Hosa חֹסָה ḥosāh Jos 19.29  EU
Hills of the foreskins גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלֹות giv'at hā'ǎrālôt hill Jos 5,3  EU Hills of the foreskins
Hukkok חוּקֹק ḥûqoq Jos 19.34  EU
Humta חֻמְטָה ḥumtāh Jos 15.54  EU
Hyena Valley גֵּי הַצְּבֹעִים gê haṣṣəvo'îm valley 1 Sam 13.18  EU Hyena Valley

I.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Ije-Abarim עִיֵּי הָעֲבָרִים 'îjê hā'ǎvārîm Num 21.11  EU
Ijim עִיִּים 'îjîm Jos 15.29  EU
Iconion Acts 13.51  EU
Illyria Rom 15.19  EU
India הֹדּוּ hodû Est 1.1  EU
Ir-Ha-Cheres עִיר הַהֶרֶס 'îr hahæræs city Isa 19,18  EU "Sun City"
Ir-Melach עִיר־מֶלַח 'îr mælaḥ Jos 15.62  EU
Ir-Schemesch עִיר שָׁמֶשׁ 'îr šāmæš Jos 19.41  EU
Israel Mt 2.6  EU
Italy Acts 18.2  EU

J

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Jáar יָעַר jā'ar Ps 132.6  EU
Jaar-Heret יַעַר חָרֶת ja'ar ḥāræt 1 Sam 22.5  EU
Yes יָבֵשׁ jāveš place 1 Sam 11.1  EU Dry place / dry place Tell el-Maqlūb , perhaps also Tell Abū Charaz with Tell el-Meqbere in the north of today's Jordan
Jabesh-Gilead יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד jāvêš gil'ād place Ri 21.8  EU Dry place in Gilead → Yabesh
Jabez יַעְבֵּץ ja'beṣ 1 Chr 2.55  EU in Judah
Jabbok יַבֹּק jabboq flow Gen 32.23  EU Nahr ez-Zarqa in present-day Jordan
Jabne יַבְנֶה javnæh city 2 Chr 26.6  EU → Jabneel
Jabneel יַבְנְאֵל javnə'el place Jos 15.11  EU Yes 30 km south of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean coast in what is now Israel
Jafia יָפִיעַ jāfî'a Jos 19.12  EU
Yeah יָפֹו jāfô Jos 19.46  EU
Jagur יָגוּר jāgûr Jos 15.21  EU
Jahaz יַהַץ yahaṣ Num 21.23  EU
Yahweh-Jire יְהוָה׀ יִרְאֶה jhwh jir'æh place Gen 22.14  EU
Yahweh my standard יְהוָה׀ נִסִּי yhwh nissî altar Ex 17.15  EU
Janoach יָנוׁחַ jānôaḥ Jos 16.6  EU
Janum יָנִים jānîm Jos 15.53  EU
Yarmut יַרְמוּת jarmût kingdom Jos 10.3  EU
Jaser עַז 'az Num 21.24  EU
Jattir יַתִּיר jattîr Jos 15.48  EU
Jawan יָוָן Jawan Isa 66,19  EU
Jearim יְעָרִים jə'ārîm mountain Jos 15.10  EU → Kesalon
Jebus יְבוּס jəvûs place Jos 18.28  EU → Jerusalem
Jegar-Sahaduta יְגַר שָׂהֲדוּתָא jəgar śāhǎdûtā ' Cairn Gen 31.47  EU
Yehud יְהֻד jəhud Jos 19.45  EU
Jemini יְמִינִי jəmînî country 1 Sam 9.4  EU
Jericho יְרֵחֹו jəreḥô city Num 22.1  EU
Mt 20.29  EU
Sir 24.14  EU 		[Place] of the Mongod Tell es-Sulṭān in Jericho in the West Bank
Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַם jərûšālaim city Jos 10.1  EU
Mt 2.1  EU
Sir 24.11  EU 		Founding of Schalim Jerusalem in today's Israel
Jeschana שֵׁן šen 1 Sam 7.12  EU
יְשָׁנָה jəšānāh place 2 Chr 13.19  EU old place Burǧ el-isane , and Khirbet el-Burǧ called in the West Bank
Jeschanator שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה ša'ar hajəšānāh goal Neh 3.6  EU old gate in the city walls of Jerusalem
Yeshimon יְשִׁימֹון jəšîmôn 1 Sam 23.19  EU
Jezreel יִזְרְעֶאל jizrə'æ'l place Jos 15.56  EU God sows / may sow
level Jos 17.16  EU in the north of today's Israel
place Jos 19.18  EU Chirbet Zer'īn
Jibleam יִבְלְעָם jivlə'ām place Jos 17.11  EU Has brought / It may bring / consume / let rain ‛on Chirbet Bel‛ame near Jenin in the West Bank
Jidala יִדְאֲלָה jid'ǎlāh Jos 19.15  EU
Jiftach יִפְתָּח jiftāḥ Jos 15.43  EU
Jiftach-El יִפְתַּח־אֵל jiftāḥ 'el valley Jos 19.14  EU
Jiron יִרְאֹון jir'ôn Jos 19.38  EU
Jirpeel יִרְפְּאֵל jirpə'el Jos 18.27  EU
Jitla יִתְלָה jitlāh Jos 19.42  EU
Jitna יִתְנָן jitnān Jos 15.23  EU
Jogboha יָגְבֳּהָה jågbåhāh Num 32.35  EU
Jokdeam יָקְדְעָם jåqdə'ām Jos 15.56  EU
Jokneam יָקְנֳעָם jåqnå'ām kingdom Jos 12.22  EU
Jokteel יָקְתְאֵל jåqtə'el Jos 15.38  EU
Joppe Acts 9.36  EU Tel Aviv-Jaffa in Israel
Jordan יַרְדֵּן jarden flow Gen 13.10  EU
Mt 3.6  EU
Sir 24.26  EU 		on the border between present-day Israel and Syria and between the West Bank and Jordan
Jordan area Mt 3.5  EU
Joschafat ְ יְהֹֽושָׁפָט 'æmæq jəhôšāfāt valley Joel 4.2  EU
Jotbata יָטְבָּתָה jåtbātāh Num 33.33  EU
Judah Mt 2.6  EU
Judaea Ιουδαία area Mt 2.1  EU in Israel
Jutta יוּטָּה jûttāh city Jos 15.55  EU Yatta in the West Bank

K

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Cabbon כַּבֹּון kabbôn Jos 15.40  EU
Kabul כָּבוּל kāvûl Jos 19.27  EU "Border" or "fertile earth" Kabul southeast of Akko in Israel
Kabzeel קַבְצְאֵל qavṣə'el Jos 15.21  EU
Kadesh קָדֵשׁ qādeš city Gen 14.7  EU Holy place → Kadesh-Barnea
קֶדֶשׁ qædæš place Jos 15.23  EU sanctuary perhaps identical with → Kadesch-Barnea
Kadesh-Barnea קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ qādeš barnea ' Station of the desert migration Num 32.8  EU holy place of Barneas Tell el-Qudērāt on the Sinai Peninsula , 75 km south-southwest of Be'er Sheva in modern-day Egypt
Capernaum Καπερναούμ Village Mt 4.13  EU Talhum on the north shore of the Sea of ​​Galilee in Israel
Caftor כַּפְתֹּור kaftôr Region, home of the Philistines Dtn 2.23  EU Crete
Kaim קַיִן qajin Jos 15.57  EU
Kalne כַּלְנֵה kalneh Gen 10.10  EU Kullani / Kulnia in Unqi in today's Turkey
Kamon קָמֹון qāmôn Ri 10.5  EU
Kana קָנָה qānāh Brook Jos 16.8  EU
Kana place Joh 2,1  EU Chirbet Qana / Kenet-el-Jalil or Kafr Kanna or Qana or Ain Kana in Galilee
Canaan כְּנַעַן kəna'an country Gen 11.31  EU
Jug כַּנֵּה kanneh Ez 27.23  EU
Cappadocia Acts 2.9  EU
Karka קַרְקָֽעָ qarqā'ā Jos 15.3  EU
Carchemish כַּרְכְּמִישׁ karkəmîš 2 Chr 35.20  EU Kai of the [god] Kamish on the right bank of the Euphrates in what is now Turkey on the Syrian border
Karkor קַרְקֹר qarqor Ri 8.10  EU
Carmel כַּרְמֶל karmæl Mountains Jos 12.22  EU in Israel
Karnajim קַרְנָיִם qarnājim At 6.13  EU
Karta קַרְתָּה qartāh Jos 21.34  EU
Kartan קַרְתָּן qartān Jos 21.32  EU
Kasifja כָּסִפְיָא kāsifjā ' place Esr 8.17  EU
Kattat קַטָּת qattāt Jos 19.15  EU
Kauda island Acts 27:16  EU
Kebar כְּבָר kəvār flow Ez 1.1  EU
Kedar קֵדָר qedār Ps 120.5  EU
Kedemot קְדֵמֹות qədemôt desert Dtn 2.26  EU
Kedesch קֶדֶשׁ qædæš place Jos 12.22  EU sanctuary Tell Abū Qudēs 4 km southeast of Megiddo in the north of present-day Israel
Jos 19.37  EU Tell Qedes 11 km north of Hazor in the north of what is now Israel
Ri 4.9  EU → Kedesh-Naftali
Kedesh-Naftali Ri 4.6  EU Chirbet el-Qadīš in the north of today's Israel
Kefar ammoni כְּפַר הָעַמֹּנִי kəfar hā'ammonî Jos 18.24  EU
Kefira כְּפִירָה kəfîrāh city Jos 9.17  EU wallless settlement / village Chirbet Kefīre 12 km west-northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Kehelata קְהֵלָתָה qəhelātāh Num 33.22  EU
Keïla קְעִילָה qə'îlāh Jos 15.44  EU
Kelach כָּלַח kālaḥ city Gen 10.11  EU
Kenat קְנָת qənāt city Num 32.42  EU
Kenchreä Rom 16.1  EU
Kerem Jos 15.59  EU
Kerijot קְרִיֹּות qərîjôt On 2.2  EU
Kerijot-Hezron קְרִיֹּות חֶצְרֹון qərîjôt ḥæṣrôn Jos 15.25  EU → Hazor
Kerit כְּרִית kərît Brook 1 Kings 17.3  EU Wādī Jābis ? in the East Bank ?
Kesalon כְּסָלֹון kəsālôn Jos 15.10  EU
Kesib כְּזִיב kəzîv Gen 38.5  EU
Kesil כְּסִיל kəsîl Jos 15.30  EU
Kesullot כְּסוּלֹת kəsûlot Jos 19.18  EU
Kibrot Taawa קִבְרֹות הַֽתַּאֲוָה qivrôt hatta'ǎvāh Num 11.34  EU Greed diggers
Kibzajim קִבְצַיִם qivṣajim Jos 21.22  EU
Kidron קִדְרֹון qidrôn Stream and valley 2 Sam 15.23  EU between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
Kina קִינָה qînāh Jos 15.22  EU
Kinneret כִּנֶּרֶת kinnæræt lake Num 34.11  EU → Gennesaret
Kir קִיר qîr the homeland of the Arameans 2 Kings 16.9  EU
Kir-heres קִיר־חֲרֶשֶׂת qîr ḥǎræṣæt Isa 16.7  EU
Kirjat קִרְיַת qirjat Jos 18.28  EU
Kirjat-Arba קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע qirjat 'arba' Gen 23.2  EU not identical to today's Kirjat Arba → Hebron
Kirjat-Baal קִרְיַת־בַּעַל qirjat ba'al Jos 15.60  EU
Kirjat-Huzot קִרְיַת חֻצֹות qirjat ḥuṣôt Num 22.39  EU
Kirjat-Jearim קִרְיַת יְעָרִים qirjat jə'ārîm Jos 9.17  EU
Kirjat-Sanna קִרְיַת־סַנָּה qirjat sannāh Jos 15.49  EU → Debir
Kirjat-Sefer קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר qirjat sefær Jos 15.15  EU → Debir
Kirjatajim קִרְיָתָיִם qirjātājim City and plain Gen 14.5  EU
Kishjon קִשְׁיֹון qišjôn Jos 19.20  EU → Kedesch (1)
Kishon קִישׁוֹן qišôn Brook Ri 4.7  EU Wādī l-Bīre in today's Israel
Ri 5.21  EU Nahr el-Muqaṭṭa ' in today's Israel
Kislot Tabor כִּסְלֹת תָּבֹר kislot tāvor Jos 19.12  EU
Kitlish כִּתְלִישׁ kitlîš Jos 15.40  EU
Kittim כִּתִּים kittîm Num 24.24  EU
Asia Minor Acts 27.2  EU in today's Turkey
Knidos Κνίδος city Acts 27.7  EU in the southwest of Asia Minor
Colossae Κολοσσαί city Col 1,2  EU in the Phrygia countryside of Asia Minor
Kona Κωνα place Jdt 4.4  EU Kā'ūn 11 km south-southwest of Bet She'an in the West Bank
Koenigsstrasse דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ dærekh hammælækh Street Num 20.17  EU
Königstal עֵמֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ 'emæq hammælækh valley Gen 14.17  EU
Corinth Κόρινθος city 1 Kor 1,2  EU
Koseba כֹּזֵבָא kozebā ' 1 Chr 4.22  EU
Crete Κρήτη island Acts 27.7  EU in the Mediterranean
Crit → Kerit
Kulon Jos 15.59  EU
Kun כּוּן kûn city 1 Chr 18.8  EU
Kush כּוּשׁ Kus country Gen 2.13  EU
Kushan כּוּשָׁן kûšān Have 3.7  EU
Kushan-Rishatajim כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם kûšan riš'ātajim Ri 3.8  EU
Kuta כּוּתָה kûtāh 2 Kings 17.24  EU

L.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Laban לָבָן lāvān Dtn 1.1  EU
Lachish לָכִישׁ lākhîš kingdom Jos 10.3  EU
Laughter לַחְמָס lachmās Jos 15.40  EU
Lahai-Roï לַחַי רֹאִי laḥaj ro'î Fountain Gen 24.62  EU → Beer-Lahaj-Roï
Lajescha לַיְשָׁה lajšāh Isa 10,30  EU
Lajish Ri 18.7  EU
Lakkum לַקּוּם laqqûm Jos 19.33  EU
Laodicea Λαοδίκεια city Col 2.1  EU in Phrygia
Lasea Acts 27.8  EU
Lebaot לְבָאֹות ləvā'ôt Jos 15.32  EU
Lebo-Hamat לְבֹא חֲמָת ləvo 'ḥǎmāt Num 13.21  EU
Lebona לְבֹונָה ləvônāh Ri 21.19  EU
Lehi לֶחִי læḥî place Ri 15.19  EU Jaw drop
Lescha לָשַׁע lāša ' City-state Gen 10.19  EU
Leschem לֶשֶׁם læšæm Jos 19.47  EU
Lebanon לְבָנֹון ləvānôn Dtn 1.7  EU
Sir 24.13  EU
Lebanon Mountains הַר הַלְּבָנֹון har halləvānôn Mountains Ri 3.3  EU
Lebanon sink בִּקְעַת הַלְּבָנֹון biq'at halləvānôn Sink Jos 11.17  EU
Lebanon Tower מִגְדַּל הַלְּבָנֹון migdal halləvānôn Hld 7.5  EU
Libna לִבְנָה livnāh Station of the desert migration Num 33.20  EU white [place] between Rimmon-Perez and Rissa
place Jos 10.29  EU Tell Bornāṭ , perhaps also Tell el-Ǧudēde , Chirbet Tell el-Bēḍā and Chirbet Zēta el-Charāb in today's Israel
Libnat לִבְנָת libnāt flow Jos 19.26  EU
Lo-Dabar לִדְבִר lidvir Jos 13.26  EU
Lud לוּד lûd Isa 66,19  EU
Luhit לוּחִית lûḥît Isa 15,5  EU
Lus לוּז lûz Gen 28.19  EU
Lydda Acts 9.32  EU Lod about 20 km east of Tel Aviv in what is now Israel
Lystra Λύστρα city Acts 14.6  EU in the Lycaonia landscape of Asia Minor

M.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Maacha מַעֲכָה ma'ǎkhāh 2 Sam 10.6  EU
Maale-heres מַעֲלֵה הֶחָרֶס ma'ǎleh hæḥāræs Ri 8.13  EU
Maarat מַעֲרָת ma'ǎrāt Jos 15.59  EU
Machir מָכִיר mākhîr Ri 5.14  EU
Machpelah מַכְפֵּלָה makhpelāh cave Gen 23.8  EU Cave of the Double Tombs Machpelah in Hebron
Madmanna מַדְמַנָּה madmannāh Jos 15.31  EU
Madmena מַדְמֵנָה madmenāh Isa 10.31  EU
Madon מָדֹון mādôn City-state Jos 11.1  EU
Magadan Mt 15.39  EU
Magdala Village Mt 27.56  EU on the west bank of the Sea of ​​Galilee
Magog מָגֹוג māgôg country Ez 38.2  EU
Rev 20.8  EU
Mahaleb מֵחֶבֶל meḥævæl Jos 19.29  EU
Mahanajim מַחֲנָיִם maḥǎnājim Gen 32.3  EU
Makhelot מַקְהֵלֹת maqhelot Num 33.25  EU
Makkeda מַקֵּדָה maqqedāh Jos 10.10  EU
Malta island Acts 28.1  EU in the Mediterranean
Mamre מַמְרֵא mamre ' Grove, abode of Abraham Gen 13.18  EU near Hebron in the West Bank
Manocho Jos 15.59  EU
Maon מָעֹון mā'ôn city Jos 15.55  EU Warehouse / apartment Chirbet Ma‛īn in the southern West Bank
steppe 1 Sam 23.24  EU
Mara מָרָה mārāh Station of the desert migration Ex 15.23  EU
Marala מַרְעֲלָה mar'ǎlāh Jos 19.11  EU
Marescha מָרֵאשָׁה māre'šāh Jos 15.44  EU
Masreka מַשְׂרֵקָה maśreqāh Gen 36.36  EU
Massa מַסָּה massāh place Ex 17.7  EU temptation
Mattana מַתָּנָה mattānāh Num 21.18  EU
Macedonia Μακεδονία area Acts 16.9  EU on the southern Balkan Peninsula
Meara מְעָרָה mə'ārāh Jos 13.4  EU belonging to Sidon
Medeba מֵידְבָא mêdəvāh Num 21.30  EU
media מָדַי mādaj Isa 21,2  EU
Mefaat מֵפָעַת mefā'at Jos 13.18  EU
Megiddo מְגִדֹּו məgiddô city Jos 12.21  EU in the Jezreel plain in the north of today's Israel
Mehola 1 Sam 18.19  EU
Memfis מֹף mof Hos 9.6  EU
Meriba מְרִיבָה mərîvāh oasis Ex 17.7  EU (Legal) dispute
Merom מֵרֹום merôm Jos 11.5  EU
Meros מֵרֹוז merôz Ri 5.23  EU
Mesha מֵשָׁא mešā ' place Gen 10.30  EU
Meschech מֶשֶׁךְ mæšækh Ps 120.5  EU maybe Muški
Mesopotamia אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם 'ǎram nahǎrajim landscape Gen 24.10  EU in what is now Syria and Iraq
Me-Jarkon מֵי הַיַּרְקֹון mê hajjarqôn Jos 19.46  EU
Michmas מִכְמָשׂ mikhmāś 1 Sam 13.2  EU hidden place / collection place Chirbet el-Ḥāra el-Fauqā on the north-western edge of Muchmās in the West Bank
Michmetat מִכְמְתָת mikhmətāt Jos 16.6  EU
Middin מִדִּין middîn Jos 15.61  EU
Midian מִדְיָן midjān country Ex 2.15  EU southeast of Palestine
Migdal-Eder מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶר migdal 'edær Gen 35.21  EU
Migdal El מִגְדַּל־אֵל migdal 'el Jos 19.38  EU
Migdal-Gad מִגְדַּל־גָּד migdal gād Jos 15.37  EU
Migdol מִגְדֹּל migdol Ex 14.2  EU
Migron מִגְרֹון migrôn Location of a pomegranate tree 1 Sam 14.2  EU
Miletus Acts 20.15  EU
Millo מִלֹּוא millô ' 2 Sam 5.9  EU
Minnit מִנִּית minnît Ri 11.33  EU
Mishal Jos 19.26  EU
Misrefot-Majim מִשְׂרְפֹות מַיִם miśrəfôt majim Jos 11.8  EU
Mitka מִתְקָֽה mitqāh Num 33.28  EU
Mediterranean Sea הַיָּם הָאַחֲרֹון hajjām hā'aḥǎrôn sea Dtn 34.2  EU the last / outermost sea Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe
Mizar מִצְעָר miṣ'ǎr mountain Ps 42.7  EU
Mizpah מִצְפָּה miṣpāh Gen 31.49  EU
Mizpe מִצְפֶּה miṣpæh country Jos 11.3  EU
Mizpe Moab מִצְפֵּה מֹואָב miṣpeh mô'āv 1 Sam 22.3  EU
Moab מֹואָב mô'āv Gen 36.35  EU
Sir 36.12  EU 		east of the Dead Sea , south of Ammon in present-day Jordan
Fashionin Μωδεϊν Village 1 Makk 2.1  EU Rās el-Midje 27 km southeast of Tel Aviv
Molada מֹולָדָה môlādāh Jos 15.26  EU
More מֹורֶה môræh Terebinth Gen 12.6  EU Fortune teller / teacher → Oracle corpse
hill Ri 7.1  EU at ‛Ēn ha-More on the north side of the Jezreel plain , south of Mount Tabor
Moreschet מוֹרֶשֶׁת môræšæt place Jer 26.18  EU possession Marescha ( Tell Sandaḥanna ), Tel Goded ( Tell el-Ǧudēde ) or Tel Harasim in today's Israel
Moreschet-Gat מוֹרֶשֶׁת גַּת môræšæt gat Wed 1.14  EU Owned by Gat
Morija מֹרִיָּה morîjāh country Gen 22.2  EU Land / mountain of fear / vision [YHWHs]
mountain 2 Chr 3,1  EU → Temple Mount
Moser מֹוסֵר môser Dtn 10.6  EU
Moserot מֹסֵרֹות moserôt Num 33.30  EU
Moza מֹצָה moṣāh Jos 18.26  EU

N

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Naama נַעֲמָה na'ǎmāh Jos 15.41  EU
Naara נַעֲרָה na'ǎrāh Jos 16.7  EU
Naftali נַפְתָּלִי naftālî country Isa 8,23  EU
Mt 4,13  EU
Nahalal נַהֲלָל nahǎlāl Jos 19.15  EU
Nahaliël נַחֲלִיאֵל naḥǎlî'el Num 21.19  EU
Nahalol נַהֲלֹל nahǎlol Ri 1.30  EU
Naïn city Lk 7.11  EU 20 km southwest of the Sea of ​​Galilee
Naschim נַשִּׁים naššîm Num 21.30  EU
Nazareth Ναζαρέθ, Ναζαρέτ city Mt 2.23  EU Nazareth in Galilee in what is now Israel
Nea נֵעָה ne'āh Jos 19.13  EU
Nebajot נְבָיֹות nəvājôt Isa 60,7  EU
Nebo נְבֹו nəvô Num 32.3  EU
Neftoach source מֵי נֶפְתֹּוחַ mê næftôaḥ Jos 15.9  EU
Negeb נֶגֶב nægæv desert Gen 12.9  EU dry land Negev in the south of today's Israel
Negiël נְעִיאֵל nə'î'el Jos 19.27  EU
Nezib נְצִיב nəṣîv Jos 15.43  EU
Nibshan נִבְשָׁן nivšān Jos 15.62  EU
Nicopolis Tit 3.12  EU
Nile יְאֹר jə'or electricity Gen 41.1  EU
Sir 24.27  EU 		Nile in Africa
Nimra נִמְרָה nimrāh Num 32.3  EU
Nimrim נִמְרִים nimrîm place Isa 15.6  EU Wādī 'Ēn-Numēra
Nineveh נִינְוֵה nînəweh city Gen 10.11  EU
Mt 12.41  EU 		Mosul in present day Iraq
Nob נֹב nov Priest town Num 32.42  EU Rās el-Mešāref or Rās eṭ-Ṭamīm ? north of Jerusalem
Nobach נֹבַח novaḥ city Num 32.42  EU
Nod נֹוד nôd country Gen 4.16  EU
Nofach נֹפַח nofaḥ Num 21.30  EU
Noha Ri 20.43  EU
No-amon נֹא אָמֹון no '' āmôn Close to 3.8  EU

O

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Upper Bet Horon בֵּית חֹורֹן עֶלְיֹון bêt ḥôron 'æljôn Jos 16.5  EU
Obot אֹבֹת 'ovot Num 21.10  EU
Ofir אֹופִיר 'ôfîr 1 Kings 9.28  EU
Ofni עָפְנִי 'åfnî Jos 18.24  EU
Ofra עָפְרָה 'åfrāh place Jos 18.23  EU Young deer / dust / ocher place eṭ-Ṭajjibe in the West Bank
Ri 6.11  EU Tell Ṣōfar in the West Bank within the present-day city of Nablus
Mount of Olives מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים ma'ǎleh hazzêtîm mountain 2 Sat 15.30  EU
Mt 21.1  EU 		in Jerusalem
On אֹן 'on Gen 41.45  EU
Oracle Oak אֵלֹון מֹורֶה 'elôn môræh Oak Gen 12.6  EU
Eastern Mountains הַר הַקֶּֽדֶם har haqqædæm Mountains Gen 10.30  EU

Q

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Source of the caller עֵין הַקֹּורֵא 'ên haqqôre' source Ri 15.19  EU Source of the caller

P

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Paddan-Aram פַּדַּן אֲרָם paddan 'ǎrām place Gen 25.20  EU Road to / plowable land in Aram? Tell Feddān ?
Pagu פָּעוּ pā'û city Gen 36.39  EU
Palm city עִיר הַתְּמָרִים 'îr hattəmārîm city Ri 3.13  EU Palm city → Jericho
Para פָּרָה pārāh place Jos 18.23  EU the fertile Chirbet ‛Ēn Fāra 10 km northeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Paran פָּארָן pā'rān desert Gen 21.21  EU south of Beersheba in present-day Israel
Patmos Πάτμος island Rev 1.9  EU in the South Aegean in what is now Greece
Patros פַּתְרֹוס patrôs Isa 11.11  EU
Pegor פְּעוֹר pə'ôr mountain Num 23.28  EU Chirbet el-Maḥaṭṭa , Chirbet 'Uyūn Mūsā or Rās el-Mušaqqar in present-day Jordan
place Jos 13.20  EU → Bet-Pegor
Penuël פְּנוּאֵל pənû'el place Gen 32.31  EU Face of God Tulūl eḏ-Ḏahab or Tell el-Ḥamme ? in present-day Jordan
Perazim פְּרָצִים pərāṣîm mountain Isa 28,21  EU
Perez usa פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּה pæræṣ 'uzzāh 2 Sam 6.8  EU Removal of USA
Pergamon Πέργαμον city Rev 1,11  EU near the west coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey
Perge Πέργη city Acts 13:13  EU 14 km inland from the south coast of today's Turkey
Persia פָּרַס pāras rich 2 Chr 36.22  EU
Petor פְּתֹור pətôr Num 22.5  EU
Philadelphia Φιλαδελφία city Rev 1,11  EU in Lydia in Asia Minor in what is now Turkey
Philippi → Caesarea Philippi
Acts 16.12  EU
Philistia פְלֶשֶׁת pəlæšæt Isa 14.29  EU
Philistine country אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים 'æræṣ pəlištîm country Gen 21.32  EU
Sir 50.26  EU
Philistine Sea יָם פְּלִשְׁתִּים jām pəlištîm sea Ex 23.31  EU
Phenicia Acts 11:19  EU on the east coast of the Mediterranean
Pi-Hahirot פִּי הַחִירֹת pî haḥîrot Ex 14.2  EU
Piraton פִּרְעָתֹון pir'ātôn Ri 12.13  EU
Pishon פִּישֹׁון pîšôn flow Gen 2.11  EU
Sir 24.25  EU 		Arabian Peninsula ?
Pisga פִּסְגָּה pisgāh mountain Num 21.20  EU the breakthrough / the through Rās Siyāġa in present-day Jordan
Pitom פִּתֹם pitom city Ex 1.11  EU House of [God] Atum Tell el-Masḫūṭa or Tell er-Retaba in modern day Egypt
Pniël פְּנִיאֵל pənî'el place Gen 32.31  EU Face of God → Penuël
Pnuël פְּנוּאֵל pənû'el Gen 32,32  [1]
Pontus Acts 2.9  EU
Prophet's house נֹוִית nowît House 1 Sam 19.18  EU Prophet's house
Pul פּוּל pûl Isa 60,19  EU
Punon פּוּנֹן pûnon Num 33.42  EU
Puteoli city Acts 28:13  EU Small fountain Pozzuoli in present-day Italy , in the Campania region , west of Naples , on the Gulf of Naples

R.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Rabba רַבָּה rabbāh Dtn 3.11  EU
Rabbat-Ammon רַבַּת בְּנֵי־עַמֹּון rabbat bənê 'ammôn city Ez 21.25  EU the great [city] of the sons of Ammon Amman Capital of today's Jordan
Rabbit רַבִּית rabbît Jos 19.20  EU
Raven Rock צוּר־עֹורֵב ṣûr 'ôrev Ri 7.25  EU Raven Rock
Rafaïter level עֵמֶק־רְפָאִים 'emæq rəfā'îm Jos 15.8  EU
Ragma רַעְמָה ra'māh city Ez 27.22  EU in southern Saudi Arabia on the northern border of Yemen
Rakkon רַקֹּון raqqôn Jos 19.46  EU
Rama רָמָה rāmāh place Jos 18.25  EU hill er-Rām 8 km north of Jerusalem in the West Bank
Jos 19.29  EU Rāmije ? in today's Lebanon ?
Jos 19.36  EU Chirbet Zētūn er-Rāme in today's Israel
Ri 4.5  EU
Mt 2.18  EU 		Remphis or Bēt Rīma in the West Bank
Ramat-Lehi רָמַת לֶחִי rāmat læḥî place Ri 15.17  EU Hill of the cinema location → Lehi
Ramat Mizp רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה rāmat hammiṣpæh place Jos 13.26  EU Mizpe Hill identical to Mizpe-Gilead?
Ramat Negeb רָאמַת נֶגֶב rā'mat nægæv city Jos 19.8  EU Hill in the Negeb Chorvat 'Uzzā or Chirbet Umm Raḏīm in today's Israel
Ramatajim רָמָתַיִם rāmātajim place 1 Sam 1.1  EU Double height → Rama (4)
Ramot רָאמֹת rā'mot place Dtn 4.43  EU hill → Ramot-Gilead
Ramot-Gilead רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד rāmot baggil'ād place Jos 21.38  EU Gilead Hill Ramṯā or Tell el-Ḥiṣn in the northwest of present-day Jordan
Ramses place Gen 47.11  EU
Refidim רְפִידִים rəfîdîm Station of the desert migration Ex 17.1  EU Storage spaces / (terrace) er-Rafīd , Wādī Refāyid or Tell el-Maḫārit ?
Rehob רְחֹב rəḥov Num 13.21  EU
Rehobot רְחֹבֹות rəḥovôt Fountain Gen 26.22  EU Width / places
Rehobot-Ir רְחֹבֹת עִיר rəḥovot 'îr city Gen 10.11  EU
Rekem רֶקֶם ræqæm Jos 18.27  EU
Remet רֶמֶת ræmæt Jos 19.21  EU
Resen רֶסֶן ræsæn city Gen 10.12  EU
Ribla רִבְלָה rivlāh Num 34.11  EU
Rimmon רִמּוֹן rimmôn place Jos 15.32  EU pomegranate → En-Rimmon
Jos 19.13  EU Chirbet er-Rūma in the north of today's Israel
Isa 10.28  EU → Sela-Rimmon
Rimmon-Perez רִמּוֹן פֶּרֶץ rimmôn pæræṣ Station of the desert migration Num 33.19  EU Pomegranate Canyon
Rissa רִסָּה rissāh Num 33.21  EU
Ritma רִתְמָה ritmāh Num 33.18  EU
Rogel source עֵין רֹגֵל 'ên rogel Jos 15.7  EU
Roglim רֹגְלִים roglîm 2 Sam 17.27  EU
Rome city Acts 18.2  EU in the Lazio region on the banks of the Tiber in what is now Italy
Red Sea Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα Acts 7.36  EU
wisdom 10.18  EU

S.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Saba שְׁבָא sāvā ' kingdom 1 Kings 10.1  EU in the Arabian Peninsula
Salcha סַלְכָה salkhāh Jos 12.5  EU
Salem שָׁלֵם šālem Gen 14,18  EU
Heb 7,1  EU
Salmon Σαλμώνη island Acts 27.7  EU Sideros 345 m off the northeast tip of Crete
Salamis Σαλαμίς city Acts 13.5  EU on the island of Cyprus
Salka סַלְכָה salkhāh city Dtn 3.10  EU
Salt sea יָם הַמֶּלַח jām hammælaḥ lake Gen 14.3  EU Salt sea Dead Sea adjacent to present-day Jordan , Israel and the West Bank
Salztal גֵיא־מֶלַח gê 'mælaḥ valley 2 Sam 8.13  EU Salztal
Samaria שֹׁמְרֹון šomrôn mountain 1 Kings 16.24  EU
Samaria Sebastia Capital of the Kingdom of Israel 1 Kings 16.24  EU near Nablus in the West Bank
Samaria שֹׁמְרֹון šomrôn 1 Kings 13.32  EU northern part of the West Bank
Sanoach זָנֹוחַ zānôaḥ Jos 15.34  EU
Sansanna סַנְסַנָּה sansannāh Jos 15.31  EU
Sardis Σάρδεις city Rev 1,11  EU in today's Turkey
Sarepta צָרְפַת ṣārfat Obd 2  EU
Sarid שָׂרִיד śārîd Jos 19.10  EU
Shaalbim שַׁעֲלַבִּין ša'ǎlabîn Jos 19.42  EU
Shaalim שַׁעֲלִים ša'ǎlîm 1 Sam 9.4  EU
Sharayim שַׁעֲרַיִם ša'ǎrajim Jos 15.36  EU
Shafir שָׁפִיר šāfîr Wed 1.11  EU
Shahazayim שַׁחֲצוּמָה šachǎṣûmāh Jos 19.22  EU
Shalisha שָׁלִשָׁה šālišāh 1 Sam 9.4  EU
Shamir שָׁמִיר šāmîr Jos 15.48  EU
Sharon שָׁרֹון šārôn kingdom Jos 12.18  EU
Sharon Plain הַשָּׁרֹון haššārôn level Isa 33,9  EU
Scharuhe שָׁרוּחֶן šārûḥæn Jos 19.6  EU
Schawetal שָׁוֵה šāweh valley Gen 14.17  EU
Sheba שֶׁבַע šæva ​​' Jos 19.2  EU
Schefela שְׁפֵלָה šəfelāh Jos 15.33  EU
Sir 24.14  EU
Schefam שְׁפָם šəfām Num 34.10  EU
Shepherd שָׁפֶר šāfær mountain Num 33.23  EU
Scheme שְׁמַע šəma ' Jos 15.26  EU
Shiba שֶׁבַע šæva ​​' Fountain Gen 26.33  EU oath
Schihor שִׁיחֹור šîḥôr flow Jos 13.3  EU
Red Sea יַם־סוּף jam sûf Ex 10.19  EU
Schikkaron שִׁכְּרֹון šikkərôn Jos 15.11  EU
Shilhim שִׁלְחִים šilḥîm Jos 15.32  EU
Shiloh שִׁלֹה šiloh Jos 18.1  EU Chirbet Selun 16 km north of Bet-El in the West Bank
Shimron שִׁמְרֹון šimrôn City-state Jos 11.1  EU
Shimron-Meron שִׁמְרֹון מְראֹון šimrôn mər'ôn kingdom Jos 12.20  EU
Schinar שִׁנְעָר šin'ār country Gen 10.10  EU
Schion שִׁיאֹן šî'on Jos 19.19  EU
Shittim שִׁטִּים šittîm Num 25.1  EU
Schoresch Jos 15.59  EU
Schuach שׁוּחַ šûaḥ Hi 2.11  EU
School שׁוּעָל šû'āl area 1 Sam 13.17  EU
Shear שׁוּר šûr place Gen 16.7  EU
desert Ex 15.22  EU
Schunem שׁוּנֵם šûnem Jos 19.18  EU
Seba סְבָא šəvā ' Isa 43,3  EU
Zebulun זְבֻלוּן zəvulûn country Isa 8,23  EU
Mt 4,13  EU
Sechacha סְכָכָה səkhākhā Jos 15.61  EU
Sechu שֶׂכוּ śækhû 1 Sam 19.22  EU
Sefar סְפָר səfār Gen 10.30  EU
Sefarad סְפָרַד səfārad Obd 20  EU
Zepharvaim סְפַרְוַיִם səfarwajim 2 Kings 17.24  EU
Sefat-Abel-Mehola שְׂפַת־אָבֵל מְחֹולָה śəfat 'āvel məḥôlāh Ri 7.22  EU
Seïr שֵׂעִיר śe'îr Mountains Gen 14.6  EU
Sir 50.26  EU 		haired
mountain Jos 15.10  EU
Seïra שְׂעִירָה śe'îrāh Ri 3.26  EU
Sela סֶלַע sæla ' Ri 1.36  EU
Sela-Machlekot סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקֹות sæla 'hammaḥləqôt 1 Sam 23.28  EU Rock of Separation
Sela-Rimmon סֶלַע הָרִמֹּון sæla 'hārimmôn Ri 20.45  EU
Senir שְׂנִיר śənîr mountain Dtn 3.9  EU → Hermon
Senne סֶנֶּה sænnæh Jagged rock 1 Sam 14.4  EU
Sered זָרֶד zāræd Brook Num 21.12  EU
Sibma שְׂבָם śəvām Num 32.3  EU
Shechem שְׁכֶם šəkhæm city Gen 12.6  EU
Sir 50.26  EU 		Shoulder / neck / back Tell Balāṭa near Nablus in the West Bank
Siddim Valley עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים 'emæq haśśiddîm valley Gen 14.3  EU Valley of the furrows South end of the Dead Sea
Sidon צִידֹן ṣîdon city Gen 10.19  EU
Mt 11.21  EU 		Sidon in today's Lebanon
Sif זִיף zîf Jos 15.24  EU
Sifmot שִׂפְמֹות ṣifmôt 1 Sam 30.27  EU
Sifron זִפְרֹן zifron Num 34.9  EU
Sin סִ֔ין desert Ex 16.1  EU in the west of the Sinai Peninsula
place Ez 30.15  EU east of the Nile Delta
Sinai סִינָי sînāj mountain Ex 16.1  EU
Acts 7.30  EU
Sir 48,7  EU
Sinai desert Ex 19.1  EU
Sion שִׂיאֹן śî'on Mountains Dtn 3.9  EU → Hermon
Sirjon שִׂרְיֹן śirjon mountain Dtn 3.9  EU → Hermon
Sitna שִׂטְנָה śitnāh Fountain Gen 26.21  EU dispute
Scorpion Rise מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים ma'ǎleh 'aqrabîm Jos 15.3  EU Naqb eṣ-Ṣafā / Naqb Ṣafr in today's Israel
Scorpio pass Num 34.4  EU
Scorpion climbs Ri 1.36  EU
Smyrna Σμύρνη city Rev 1,11  EU Izmir on the west coast of today's Turkey
Socho שֹׂוכֹה śôkhoh Jos 15.35  EU
Sodom סְדֹם sədom city Gen 10.19  EU
Mt 10.15  EU
Sorek שֹׂרֵק śoreq flow Ri 16.4  EU in the West Bank and what is now Israel
Spain Rom 15.24  EU
Sukkot סֻכּוֹת Sukkot place Gen 33.17  EU Huts Tell Dēr 'Allā , Tell el-Eḫṣaṣ or Tell es-Sa'īdīje in the Jordan Valley, present-day Jordan
Ex 12.37  EU in the eastern Nile Delta
Suf סוּף sûf Dtn 1.1  EU
Sufa סוּפָה sûfāh Num 21.14  EU
Susa שׁוּשַׁן šûšan city Neh 1.1  EU
Est 1.1  EU 		Shush in the southwest of what is now Iran
Sychar Village Joh 4,5  EU in Samaria
Syracuse Συρακοῦσαι city Acts 28.12  EU on the east coast of Sicily in what is now Italy
Syria roman province Mt 4,24  EU

T

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Taanach תַּעְנַך ta'nakh place Jos 12.21  EU Tell Ta‛annek 8 km southeast of Megiddo in the West Bank
Taanat Shiloh תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה ta'ǎnat šiloh Jos 16.6  EU
Tabbat טַבָּת tabbāt Ri 7.22  EU
Tabera תַּבְעֵרָה tav'erāh Num 11.3  EU Fire blight
Tabor תָּבֹור tāvôr mountain Jos 19.22  EU Tabor on the eastern edge of the Jezreel plain in Galilee in today's Israel
Tabor oak אֵלֹון תָּבֹור 'elôn tāvôr Oak 1 Sam 10.3  EU
Tachpanhes תַּחְפַּנְחֵס taḥpanḥes Jer 2.16  EU Tell Defenneh in modern day Egypt
Tahat תָּחַת tāḥat Num 33.26  EU
Tappuach תַּפּוּחַ tappûaḥ Jos 12.17  EU
Tarala תַּרְאֲלָה tar'ǎlāh Jos 18.27  EU
Tarshish תַּרְשִׁישׁ taršîš 1 Kings 10.22  EU
Tatam Jos 15.59  EU
Tebach בֶּטַח bætaḥ 2 Sam 8.8  EU
Tebez תֵּבֵץ teveṣ place Ri 9.50  EU Shine? Tubas in what is now the West Bank
Tekoa Jos 15.59  EU Tekoa or Tuqu 10 km. south of Bethlehem in the West Bank
Telaim טְלָאִים təlā'îm 1 Sam 15.4  EU
Telem טֶלֶם tælæm Jos 15.24  EU
Tema תֵּמָא temā ' Oasis city Hi 6.19  EU Tayma in the Arabian Peninsula
Teman תֵּימָן têmān Hi 2.11  EU south
Terach תָּרַח tāraḥ Num 33.27  EU
Terebinth Valley עֵמֶק הָאֵלָה 'emæq hā'elāh valley 1 Sam 17.2  EU Terebinth Valley
Thessalonica Θεσσαλονίκη city Acts 17.1  EU Thessaloniki in present day Greece
Thyatira Θυάτειρα Acts 16:14  EU Akhisar in the Lycostal region on the road from Pergamon to Sardis in today's Turkey
Tigris חִדֶּקֶל ḥiddæqæl flow Gen 2.14  EU
Sir 24.25  EU 		Tigris in the Middle East
Timna תִּמְנָה timnāh Gen 38.12  EU
Timnat-Zerach תִּמְנַת־סֶרַח timnat særaḥ Jos 19.50  EU
Tirza תִּרְצָה tirṣāh kingdom Jos 12.24  EU
Table 1 Kings 17.1  EU Chirbet el-Hēdāmus ?
Tob טֹוב tôv country Ri 11.3  EU
Tofel תֹּפֶל tofæl Dtn 1.1  EU
Pottery field Mt 27.7  EU
Grape Valley נַחַל אֶשְׁכֹּל naḥal 'æškol valley Num 13.23  EU
Troas Acts 16.8  EU
Tubal תֻּבַל tuval Isa 66,19  EU
Tire צֹר ṣor city Jos 19.29  EU
Mt 11.21  EU 		Tire on the coast in the south of today's Lebanon

U

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Ulai אוּלָי 'ûlāj channel Dan 8.2  EU Rūd-e Karche near Susa in the southwest of today's Iran
Ur אוּר 'ûr city Gen 11.28  EU Tell el-Muqejjir City in Mesopotamia in what is now Iraq
Uz עוּץ 'ûṣ country Hi 1.1  EU
Umma עֻמָה 'umāh city Jos 19.30  EU
Under-Bet Horon בֵּית־חֹורֹן תַּחְתֹּון bêt ḥôron taḥtôn Jos 16.3  EU
Usen-Scheera אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה 'uzzen šæ'ärāh 1 Chr 7.24  EU

W.

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Waheb וָהֵב wāhev Num 21.14  EU
Wolfskelter יֶקֶב־זְאֵב jæqæv zə'ev Ri 7.25  EU Wolfskelter

Z

Name (German) Name (Urtext) object Bible passage Meaning of the name today's name location
Zaanannim צַעֲנַנִּים ṣa'ǎnannîm Location of a striking oak Jos 19.33  EU , Ri 4.11  EU
Zaanan צַאֲנָן ṣa'ǎnān place Wed 1.11  EU
Zafon צָפֹון ṣāfôn Jos 13.27  EU
Zalmon צַלְמֹון ṣalmôn mountain Ri 9.48  EU
Zalmona צַלְמֹנָה ṣalmonāh Num 33.41  EU
Tsaretan צָֽרְתָן ṣārətān Jos 3,16  EU , 1 Kings 4,12  EU in the Jordan Valley
Tsarpat → Sarepta
Zebojim צְבֹיִם ṣəvojim City-state Gen 10.19  EU
Zedad צְדָד ṣədād Num 34.8  EU
Zefat צְפַת ṣəfat Ri 1.17  EU
Zela צֵלַע ṣela ' Jos 18.28  EU
Zelzach צֶלְצַח ṣælṣaḥ 1 Sam 10.2  EU
Zemarajim צְמָרַיִם ṣəmārajim Jos 18.22  EU Double summit? Rās eṭ-Ṭāhūne not far from Ramallah in the West Bank
Zenan צְנָן ṣənān Jos 15.37  EU
Zer צֵר ṣer Jos 19.35  EU
Zereda צְרֵרָה ṣərerāh Ri 7.22  EU
Zeret Shahar צֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַר ṣæræt haššaḥar Jos 13.19  EU
Ziddim צִדִּים ṣiddîm Jos 19.35  EU
Ziklag צִקְלַג ṣiqlag place Jos 15.31  EU Tell eš-Serī'a in the south of today's Israel
Interest צִן ṣin desert Num 13.21  EU on the Sinai Peninsula
Cilicia Κιλικία Acts 6.9  EU in the southeast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey
Zion צִיֹּון ṣîjôn 2 Sat 5.7  EU
Mt 21.5  EU
Sir 24.10  EU
Zior צִיעֹר ṣî'or Jos 15.54  EU
Zoan צֹעַן ṣo'an city Num 13.22  EU Egypt
Zoar צֹעַר ṣo'ar city Gen 13.10  EU small place on the east coast of the Dead Sea in present-day Jordan
Zoba צֹובָה ṣôvāh kingdom 1 Sam 14.47  EU
Zora צָרְעָה ṣår'āh Jos 15.33  EU
Acc צוּף ṣûf area 1 Sam 9.5  EU
Cyprus Κύπρος island Acts 4.36  EU in the Mediterranean
Cyrene Κυρήνη antique City Mt 27.32  EU Libya

See also

literature

  • WiBiLex The scientific Bible dictionary

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Wolfgang Richter: Materials of an ancient Hebrew database. The biblical Hebrew and Aramaic proper names analyzed morphologically and syntactically , EOS Verlag, Archabbey St. Ottilien 1996, ISBN 3-88096-547-1 .