Biblical place

Where was Tyre?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tyre.

First appears in Joshua 19:29 · 19 books · 34 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tyre.

Tyre is represented in the local geography layer as Tyre. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:29 and is mentioned across 19 books, with 64 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Canaan

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 64 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 106 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 111 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tyre today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Tyre 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.

Tyre 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

Tyre

33.271°N · 35.196°E

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