List of nations mentioned in the Bible

Last updated September 10, 2025

A

Ammon ^[1]
Amorites ^[2]
Arabia ^[3]
Aram ^[4]
Armenia ^[5] (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat"^[6] (in other translations)
Province of Asia (now Turkey and Greece)^[7]
Assyria ^[8]
Avim ^[9]

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C

D

Dalmatia (Croatia)^[18]

E

G

Gaul ^[22] (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles.
Girgashites ^[2]
Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets)^[23]
Greece ^[24]

H

Hittites ^[2]
Hivites ^[2]

I

Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)^[25]^[26]^[27]
Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania)^[28]
India ^[29]
Israel ^[30]
Italy (Italy generally^[31] and the cities of Syracuse ^[32] and Rome specifically^[33])

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K

Kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea)^[36]^[37]
Kub/Chub (unknown location, possibly Libya)^[38]

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M

P

S

Samaria ^[47]^[48]
Arabia (Saudi Arabia)^[49]
Sheba ^[50]^[51]
Sinim (Possibly modern China)^[52]
Spain ^[53]
Syria ^[54] (Also referred to as Aram ^[55])

References

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[1] Genesis 19

[bible|Deuteronomy_|7:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Deuteronomy 7:1

[3] 1 Kings 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14 Jeremiah 25:24 Ezekiel 27:21 Galatians 4:25

[4] 1 Kings 11:25

[5] 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38

[6] 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38

[7] 2 Corinthians 1:8

[8] Isaiah 19:23

[9] Deuteronomy 2:23

[10] 2 Kings 24:1

[11] Numbers 32:33

[12] Colossians 3:11

[13] Genesis 12:5

[14] Acts 2:9–11

[15] Acts 18:1

[16] Titus 1:5

[17] Acts 15:39

[18] 2 Timothy 4:10

[19] Numbers 33:37

[20] Genesis 12:10

[21] Acts 8:27

[22] 1 Maccabees 8:2

[23] Zechariah 9:13 Acts 20:2

[24] Daniel 8:21 and the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king. | English Standard Version 2016 (ESV) | Download the Bible App Now.

[25] Obadiah 1:20

[26] Romans 15:24

[27] Romans 15:28

[28] Romans 15:19

[bible|Esther|1:1-29] Esther 1:1

[30] Matthew 2:20

[31] Hebrews 13:24

[32] Acts 28:11–13

[Acts2-9-11-33] 1 2 3 4 Acts 2:9–11

[34] 2 Kings 21:12

[35] Ezra 5:8

[36] Isaiah 11:11

[37] Esther 1:1

[38] Ezekiel 30:5

[39] 1 Kings 5:1–24

[bible|Ezekiel|30:5-40] 1 2 Ezekiel 30:5

[41] 1 Maccabees 8:8

[42] Acts 16:9–10

[43] "Acts 28 BSB". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

[44] Genesis 19

[45] Ezekiel 38:5

[46] Exodus 15:14

[47] 1 Kings 13:32

[48] 1 Kings 22:51

[49] Galatians 4:25

[50] 1 Kings 10:1

[51] 2 Chronicles 9:1

[52] Isaiah 49:12

[53] Romans 15:24

[54] Isaiah 7:8

[55] 1 Kings 11:25

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List of nations mentioned in the Bible

Contents

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B

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D

E

G

H

I

J

K

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See also

References