Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Euphrates?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Euphrates River.

First appears in Genesis 2:14 · 16 books · 35 chapters

Overview

Biblical river. Modern identification: Euphrates River.

Euphrates is represented in the local geography layer as Euphrates River. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 2:14 and is mentioned across 16 books, with 44 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Babylon

About 333 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Euphrates today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Euphrates names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.

Euphrates is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.

Modern orientation

Euphrates River

31.004°N · 47.442°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

4 chapters · 9 verse mentions

Joshua

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Isaiah

4 chapters · 4 verse mentions

Genesis

3 chapters · 3 verse mentions

1 Kings

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

3 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

2 Kings

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Ezra

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Psalms

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Revelation

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Exodus

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Micah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Zechariah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention