Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Memphis?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Memphis.

First appears in Isaiah 19:13 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Memphis.

Memphis is represented in the local geography layer as Memphis. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 19:13 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Egypt

About 32 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Mount Sinai

About 302 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 430 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 436 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 436 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Memphis today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Memphis is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Memphis 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

Memphis

29.849°N · 31.253°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

3 chapters · 4 verse mentions

Ezekiel

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Hosea

1 chapter · 1 verse mention