List of modern names for biblical place names

While the main Biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed through the years.
Biblical nameMentioned inPresent nameProvince/RegionCountry NameCountry Flag
AdramyttiumActs 27:2BurhaniyeBalıkesir ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
AntiochActs 11:26Antakya[1]Hatay ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
AntipatrisActs 23:31Rosh HaAyin[2]Central DistrictIsraelIsrael
AssosActs 20:13Behramkale[3]Çanakkale ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
AttaliaActs 14:25Antalya[4]Antalya ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
BabylonJeremiah 50:1 - 50:46Hillah[5]Babil GovernorateIraqIraq
BereaActs 17:10-13VeriaImathiaGreeceGreece
Beth Arbel[6]Hosea 10:14Irbid[7]Irbid GovernorateJordanJordan
Bozrah[8]Amos 1:12Bouseira[9]Tafilah GovernorateJordanJordan
CaudaActs 27:16GavdosChaniaGreeceGreece
CenchreaRomans 16:1KechriesKorinthíaGreeceGreece
Cuthah[10]II Kings 17:24Tell Ibrahim[11]Babil GovernorateIraqIraq
Dedan[12]Ezekiel 38:13Al-'Ula[13]Al Madinah RegionSaudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
Ecbatana[14]Ezra 6:2Hamadan[15]Hamadan ProvinceIranIran
Elim[16]Exodus 16:1Wadi Gharandel[17]South Sinai GovernorateEgyptEgypt
Erech[18]Genesis 10:10Uruk[19]Al Muthanna GovernorateIraqIraq
GerasaMark 5:1 & Luke 8:26Jerash[20]Jerash GovernorateJordanJordan
Gozan[21]I Chronicles 5:26Tell HalafAl Hasakah GovernorateSyriaSyria
Harosheth Haggoyim[22]Judges 4:13El Ahwat[23]Haifa DistrictIsraelIsrael
Hamath[24]II Samuel 8:9Hama[25]Hama GovernorateSyriaSyria
IconiumActs 14:1KonyaKonya ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
IronJoshua 19:38Yaroun[26]Nabatieh GovernorateLebanonLebanon
Joppa[27]Jonah 1:3Jaffa[28]Tel Aviv DistrictIsraelIsrael
Kir of Moab[29]Isaiah 15:1Al Karak[30]Karak GovernorateJordanJordan
Laish/Leshem[31][32]Judges 18:29 & Joshua 19:47Tel DanNorthern DistrictIsraelIsrael
LyddaActs 9:32Lod[33]Central DistrictIsraelIsrael
LystraActs 14:8Klistra[34]Konya ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
Medeba[35][36]Numbers 21:30 & Joshua 13:9Madaba[37]Madaba GovernorateJordanJordan
MityleneActs 20:14Mytilene[38]LesbosGreeceGreece
MyraActs 27:5Demre[39]Antalya ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
NeapolisActs 16:11Kavala[40]East Macedonia and ThraceGreeceGreece
NicopolisTitus 3:12Preveza[41]EpirusGreeceGreece
Nineveh[42]Jonah 1:2 & Matthew 12:41Mosul[43]Ninawa GovernorateIraqIraq
No-amon/Thebes[44][45]Ezekiel30:16 & Nahum 3:8LuxorLuxor GovernorateEgyptEgypt
NophIsaiah 19:13Memphis[46]Giza GovernorateEgyptEgypt
On/Awen[47]Genesis 46:20Ayn Shams[48]Cairo GovernorateEgyptEgypt
PergamumRevelation 2:12Bergamaİzmir ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
PhiladelphiaRevelation 3:7Alaşehir[49]Manisa ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
Pi-beseth/Bubastis[50]Ezekiel 30:17Tell Basta[51]Al Sharqia GovernorateEgyptEgypt
PtolemaisActs 21:7AcreNorthern DistrictIsraelIsrael
PuteoliActs 28:13PozzuoliCampaniaItalyItaly
Qiryat Arba[52]Joshua 14:15Hebron[53]Hebron GovernoratePalestineState of Palestine
Rabbah[54]Amos 1:14Amman[55]Amman GovernorateJordanJordan
RhegiumActs 28:13Reggio CalabriaCalabriaItalyItaly
Sarepta[56][57]I Kings 17:9 & Obadiah 20SarafandSouthern GovernorateLebanonLebanon
Sin/Pelusium[58]Ezekiel 30:15Tell el Farama[59]North Sinai GovernorateEgyptEgypt
SmyrnaRevelation 2:8İzmirİzmir ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
Susa[60]Nehemiah 1:1Shush[61]Khūzestān ProvinceIranIran
Syene[62][63]Ezekiel 29:10 & 30:6Aswan[64]Aswan GovernorateEgyptEgypt
Tadmor[65]II Chronicles 8:4Palmyra[66][67]Homs GovernorateSyriaSyria
Tahpanhes[68]Jeremiah 44:1Tell Defenneh[69]Dakahlia GovernorateEgyptEgypt
ThessalonicaI & II ThessaloniansThessalonikiCentral MacedoniaGreeceGreece
ThyatiraRevelation 2:18AkhisarManisa ProvinceTurkeyTurkey
Ur[70][71]Genesis 11:31 & Nehemiah 9:7Tell el MuqayyarDhi Qar GovernorateIraqIraq
Zoan[72]Numbers 13:22Tanis[73]Al Sharqia GovernorateEgypt

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