Places in the Bible Today:

Abilene

Data

Translated NameAbilene
Typeregion
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Abilene (ancient): very high confidence
    1. panorama of Souq Wadi BaradaAbilene

Verses (1)

Luke 3:1

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com293
Logos FactbookAbilene
OpenBible.info (2007)Abilene
OpenBible.infoa498faa (Abilene)
Pleiades677994
TIPNRAbilene@Luk.3.1
UBS Names Databasent ID_7
WikidataQ1280728

Sources

  1. Atlas of the Biblical World (2019)
  2. Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974)
  3. Biblemapper.com
  4. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  5. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  6. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991)
  7. Holman Bible Atlas (1999)
  8. Ian Mladjov’s Resources
  9. Logos Biblical Places Maps (2009)
  10. New Bible Atlas (1985)
  11. New Moody Atlas of the Bible (2009)
  12. Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007)
  13. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)

Image

panorama of Souq Wadi Barada
Credit: Detroit Publishing Co. (modified)

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.