Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Derbe?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Kerti Hüyük.

First appears in Acts 14:6 · 1 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Kerti Hüyük.

Derbe is represented in the local geography layer as Kerti Hüyük. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 14:6 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 503 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 540 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 546 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 547 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 588 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Derbe today

Travel to Derbe, the modern-day Kerti Hüyük.

Derbe is commonly identified with Kerti Hüyük, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Derbe is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Kerti Hüyük

37.349°N · 33.361°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions