Places in the Bible Today:

Thapsacus

Data

Typesettlement
Noteswhile the Bible dictionaries are unanimous that Dibseh is the location of Thapsacus, Wikipedia is adamant that it isn’t
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1 Identification

  1. Dibseh (modern): 85% confidence
    1. satellite view of the region around DibsehDibseh

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com923
OpenBible.infoaa4fca2 (Thapsacus)
Pleiades674270
WikidataQ1284954

Sources

  1. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Tiphsah (place)
  2. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Thapsacus
  3. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (2011): Tiphsah
  4. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Tiphsah
  5. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Index I. Thapsakos
  6. Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Thapsacus
  7. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010): Tiphsah

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identification is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019

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This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain.