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.

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About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 55 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Joppa today

Travel to Joppa, the modern-day Jaffa.

Joppa is commonly identified with Jaffa, 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.

Joppa 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

Jaffa

32.054°N · 34.753°E

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