List of nations mentioned in the Bible

A list of nations mentioned in the Bible.

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 ^[7]
• Assyria ^[8]
• Avim ^[9]

B

• Babylon (Iraq) ^[10]
• Bashan ^[11]
• Bulgaria ^[12]

C

• Canaan ^[13]
• Kingdom of Cappadocia ^[14]
• Corinthia ^[15]
• Crete ^[16]
• Cyprus ^[17]

D

• Dalmatia (Croatia) ^[18]

E

• Edom ^[19]
• Egypt ^[20]
• Ethiopia ^[21]

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] )

J

• Jebusites ^[2]
• Kingdom of Judah ^[34]
• Province of Judah ^[35]

K

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

L

• Lebanon ^[39]
• Libya ^{[40] [33]}
• Lydia ^{[41] [40]}

M

• Macedonia ^[42]
• Malta ^[43]
• Mesopotamia ^[33]
• Moab (Jordan) ^[44]

P

• Palestine ^[45]
• Perizzites ^[2]
• Persia (Iran) ^[46]
• Kingdom of Pontus ^[33]
• Philistia ^[47]

S

• Samaria ^{[48] [49]}
• Arabia (Saudi Arabia) ^[50]
• Sheba ^{[51] [52]}
• Sinim (Possibly modern China) ^[53]
• Spain ^[54]
• Syria ^[55] (Also referred to as Aram ^[56] )

See also

• List of biblical names
• List of Hebrew place names
• List of modern names for biblical place names

References

1. Genesis 19
2. 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
29. Esther 1:1
30. Matthew 2:20
31. Hebrews 13:24
32. Acts 28:11–13
33. 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
40. 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. Judges 16:21
46. Ezekiel 38:5
47. Exodus 15:14
48. 1 Kings 13:32
49. 1 Kings 22:51
50. Galatians 4:25
51. 1 Kings 10:1
52. 2 Chronicles 9:1
53. Isaiah 49:12
54. Romans 15:24
55. Isaiah 7:8
56. 1 Kings 11:25