Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Biblical Place First Biblical Mention (according to KJV order of books) AL Limestone County: Athens: Athens: Acts 17:15 AL Houston County: Dothan [1] Dothan: Genesis 37:17 AL Cullman County & Marshall County: Joppa: Jaffa: Joshua 19:46 AL Etowah County & Marshall County: Sardis City: Sardis: Revelation 3:1 AK Unorganized Borough: Bethel: Bethel ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Place in Israel Nazareth النَّاصِرَة , an-Nāṣira נָצְרַת , Nāṣraṯ View of Nazareth, with the Basilica of the Annunciation at the center Seal Nazareth Location of Nazareth in Northern Israel Show map of Northern Haifa region of Israel Nazareth Location of Nazareth in ...
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. [1]The list of Christian holy places in the Holy Land outlines sites within cities located in the Holy Land that are regarded as having a special religious significance to Christians, usually by association with Jesus or other persons mentioned in the Bible.
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
Nazareth: Nazareth is where young Jesus grows up and where he is found in the Temple by his parents. [26] Sea of Galilee: The lake features prominently throughout the New Testament narrative, from the beginning of his ministry to the end. The calling of his first disciples takes place on the shores of this lake.
The term Nazōraios may have a religious significance instead of denoting a place of origin, while Nazarēnos (Ναζαρηνός) is an adjectival form of the phrase apo Nazaret "from Nazareth." [9] Because of this, the phrases traditionally rendered as "Jesus of Nazareth" can also be translated as "Jesus the Nazarene" or "Jesus the Nazorean."
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
The word for region is galil and can easily become Galilee, the switch does not much affect the meaning of the verse as Zebulun and Naphtali were both in Galilee. [7] France notes that referring to Galilee as the area of the Gentiles was appropriate both when Isaiah and when Matthew were written. While Galilee had a large Jewish population the ...