List of nations mentioned in the Bible

This is a list of nations mentioned in the Bible.

A

• Ammon
• Amorites
• Arabia
• Aram
• Armenia (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat" (in other translations)
• Province of Asia (now Turkey and Greece)
• Assyria
• Avim

B

• Babylon (Iraq)
• Bashan
• Bulgaria

C

• Canaan
• Kingdom of Cappadocia
• Corinthia
• Crete
• Cyprus

D

• Dalmatia (Croatia)

E

• Edom
• Egypt
• Ethiopia

G

• Gaul (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles.
• Girgashites
• Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets)
• Greece

H

• Hittites
• Hivites

I

• Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)
• Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania)
• India
• Israel
• Italy (Italy generally and the cities of Syracuse and Rome specifically)

J

• Jebusites
• Kingdom of Judah
• Province of Judah

K

• Kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea)
• Kub/Chub (unknown location, possibly Libya)

L

• Lebanon
• Libya
• Lydia

M

• Macedonia
• Malta
• Mesopotamia
• Moab (Jordan)

P

• Perizzites
• Persia (Iran)
• Kingdom of Pontus
• Philistia

S

• Samaria
• Arabia (Saudi Arabia)
• Sheba
• Sinim (Possibly modern China)
• Spain
• Syria (Also referred to as Aram)

See also

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

References