Lux Domini

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

Acts

3 chapter s · 10 verse mentions

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jonah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention