Biblical place
Where was Joppa?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Jaffa.
First appears in Joshua 19:46 · 5 books · 7 chapters
Overview
Beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Josh. 19:46; A. V., “Japho”), on a sandy promontory between Caesarea and Gaza, and at a distance of 30 miles north-west from Jerusalem. It is one of the oldest towns in Asia. Modern identification: Jaffa.
Joppa is represented in the local geography layer as Jaffa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:46 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 14 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Key passages
Appears in
3 chapter s · 10 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention