Biblical Submitted Place Names

AKELDAMA (Region) Biblical, Ancient Aramaic
"Field of blood"

ARIMATHEA (Settlement) Biblical
From Arimathaea, the Latinized form of Greek Ἁριμαθαία (Harimathaia), probably of Aramaic or Hebrew origin; it may be connected to רָמָתַיִם (Ramathayim), a biblical place name also recorded as Aramathaim, derived from Hebrew רָמָה (ramah) "height"... [more]

AVEN (Settlement) Biblical
A Biblical place name meaning "vanity", "nothingness", "iniquity" and "sorrow".... [more]

GALILEE (Region) Biblical
A place in the Holy Bible.

GEHENNA (Other) Biblical, Judeo-Christian Legend
Latin form of the Greek Γέεννα (Géenna), from a contracted form of Hebrew גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם‎ (gē ḇen hinnōm) meaning "valley of the son of Hinnom". This is the name of hell in Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, taken from the name of a valley outside Jerusalem which was filled with the waste of the city, which was then burnt... [more]

GOSHEN (Region) Biblical
Biblical place name.

SILOAM (Body of Water) Biblical
Hellenized form of Hebrew שִׁלֻּחָה (Shiloach), derived from שילח (shileach) "to send out" and interpreted as meaning "a sending out, gushing forth (of water)". According to the Gospel of John in the New Testament, the Pool of Siloam was a spring in the southeast corner of Jerusalem where Jesus sent the "man born blind" to wash and receive sight... [more]