CITIES
(See also Cities of Refuge; individual cities by name)
(Note centered heading below: List by Name)
Bible times: ad 353-354; qm 166-167; qm55 166-167
dependent towns: ad 443
enclave cities: ad 517
post-Flood: ad 353; w68 623; rl 18; qm 130, 271-275; w64 312-313; bf 23-25; qm55 130, 271-275; w37 101; en 207
pre-Flood: qm 126; qm55 126; rm 66; w48 197; ki 64; tf 123
storage cities: ad 1555
walls: ad 1643
city of birth: g61 6/8 26
comparison of food costs in: g76 3/8 30
complexity: g74 11/22 14
crime: g76 1/8 7
decay: g71 9/8 29; g71 10/8 19, 28, 30
defense of ancient: ad 602-605
disadvantages of: g76 1/8 6-8
discussion: g76 1/8 3-11
effect on—
family: g68 1/8 12
health: w85 4/15 5-6
life span: g76 9/22 30
effects of breakdown in services: g74 11/22 14-15
faster pace of big-city walkers: g76 7/8 30
fear: g75 10/22 29
figurative: ad 354
financial problems: g78 12/22 30; g77 4/8 10; g77 12/8 31; g76 1/8 3-7; g75 12/8 30
God’s view of big: g76 1/8 11
government of: g76 1/8 8-9
“great city” (Re 11:8): w78 1/15 31-32
homeless street people:
discussion: g85 3/22 12-15
statistics: g85 3/22 13-14
who they are: g85 3/22 13-15
housing problems: g65 9/8 8-11
land sinking in Japan: g76 1/8 30
loneliness in: g64 7/8 12
meaning of term: w51 597
minority groups concentrated in: g76 1/8 7
number in “million” population category: g76 1/8 5
origin: w85 4/15 5-6
pollution: g76 1/8 8
population: g71 12/22 16
growth compared to rurals: g75 9/8 30
problems of operation: g51 3/8 17-20; g49 1/8 9-11; g49 5/22 17-19; g48 4/8 18; g47 3/8 21-24; g32 8/3 675-680
public employees: g76 1/8 7-8
purpose: ad 353
reasons for growth: g74 11/22 13-14
remedy for problems: g76 1/8 9-11
sewage disposal: g63 11/22 8-11
sites: ad 353
streets in, for pedestrians only: g76 12/22 30
symbolic: w81 3/15 30-31; kc 50-51; w80 1/15 11-12; w79 6/15 18; w73 425-426; pm 140-141; w63 175, 714; bf 468, 572; w52 534-535; w49 27; w42 135; w41 37; ci 76; w40 141; ch 84; w32 187; fw 18
visitors’ costs: g72 3/22 30
with highest cost of living: g84 8/22 30; g82 8/8 29; g78 2/8 29; g78 10/8 29; g77 11/22 29; g76 12/22 29
with lowest cost of living: g84 8/22 30; g78 2/8 29; g78 10/8 29
List by Name
Accad: ad 27-28; g66 12/22 21
Acco: ad 28
Achzib: w42 28
Admah: bf 50-51
Adramyttium: ad 38
Ai: ad 47; w61 85; w39 116, 132-139
Aijalon: ad 48
Alexandria: ad 50; w59 538; yw 195; g55 1/22 12; g33 5/10 499
Amman: w77 747; mg63 98-99
Amphipolis: ad 73
Amsterdam: g77 8/22 22-24; g77 12/8 20
Anathoth: ad 76
Angkor: g63 12/22 23
Anshan: w65 52, 88; bf 188, 190, 202
Antioch (Pisidia): ad 85
Antioch (Syria): ad 85; w59 664; yw 228-229
Antipatris: ad 86
Aphek: ad 86
Apollonia: ad 90
Aroer: w42 361
Ashdod: ad 143
Ashkelon: ad 144-145; w40 78
Ashteroth-karnaim: ad 145, 603
Assos: ad 151
Asunción: g66 9/8 21-23
Athens: g78 6/22 25-26; g78 9/8 30; g76 9/22 29; ad 158-159
Azekah: ad 170
Baalbek: w59 59; yw 53; g56 4/22 18-19; g32 5/11 484
Babylon: w81 1/15 31; g76 5/22 12-13; ad 175-177; w67 600; qm 272-274; bf 236, 291, 454, 557; w61 25-27; w60 581-582; w59 249, 275; pa 46, 106-107, 112; yw 105; w57 552-556; qm55 272-274; nh 110-111; bn 46; w52 483; rm 86; w49 51, 293, 308, 335, 350-351; w33 238, 245
Beer-sheba: ad 207; g60 10/22 30
Belize City: g79 7/22 31
Beroea: ad 216-217
Bethany: ad 218
Bethel: ad 219-221; pa 95; w54 763
Bethlehem: w78 11/1 5; ad 222-224; mg63 96; w52 328-329; w42 122; w41 142
Beth-shean: ad 225-226
Beth-shemesh: ad 226
Bezer: ad 228
Bonn: g79 7/22 31
Borsippa: bf 194
Brussels: g79 7/22 31
Buenos Aires: g79 7/22 31; g76 3/8 30; g76 12/22 30
Byblos (Gebal): ad 631; mg63 88-89; w62 724
Caesarea: ad 273-274
Cairo: g79 7/22 31
Cana: ad 284
Capernaum: w74 78; ad 293-294; g66 11/8 5-6
Chephirah: w36 260
Constantinople: g64 1/8 11; g64 2/8 10-11; bf 479, 485-486, 488; w62 88
Copenhagen: g79 7/22 31
Corinth: g76 7/22 12-15; ad 378-379; w65 268, 285-286; w64 491, 689; w63 663; mg63 81-82; w59 381-382; w47 36
Cubatão: g81 2/22 28
Cuth (Cuthah): ad 405
Damascus: ad 412-413; w40 77; pp 143
Dan: ad 414; w67 416; bf 52; ns 133-134, 182, 197
Decapolis: ad 435-436; w66 531
Derbe: ad 443
Ecbatana: w77 26-27; ad 480-481; w65 53; bf 190, 369
Ekron: ad 500; ns 157; w40 78
En-gedi: ad 520; w38 200; v-3 320
Ephesus: w85 8/1 27-28; w77 364-367; ad 523-524; w65 268; w64 60-61; g64 1/22 27; w62 133, 358-359; w61 470
Eridu: qm 126, 268; w61 27; qm55 126, 268
Etam: w35 357
Ezion-geber: ad 555-556; g40 1/10 24
Florence: g82 1/8 19-20
Gath: ad 628-629; w42 6
Gaza: ad 629-630; w40 78; w35 361-363
Geba: ad 631
Gebal (Byblos): ad 631; mg63 88-89; w62 724
Geneva: g79 7/22 31
Gezer: ad 279-280, 605, 648-649; g68 9/22 14
Gibeah: ad 650; w44 335; w38 261
Gibeon: ad 651-652; w58 100; w45 380-381; w40 9; s 92-96; w36 39-43, 245, 277-282, 291-293, 295-298
Gilead: ad 660
Gilgal: ad 660; w39 73, 87; w36 275
Golan: ad 673
Gomorrah: ad 676; bf 50-51, 264-265; bn 31-34; w51 678
Hague, The: g79 7/22 31
Hamath: ad 706-707; w40 77; pp 144
Hanes: ad 710
Haran: ad 713; bf 49-50, 188; w59 511-512
Harosheth: ad 716; w40 344
Hazazon-tamar: ad 722; w38 200
Hazor: ad 722-723; w61 318-319
Hebron: w78 11/1 5-6; ad 749-750; bf 92; mg63 96
Heshbon: ad 762
Hierapolis: ad 765
Hiroshima: g85 8/22 3-7, 9-11
Hong Kong: g78 11/8 30
Hormah: ad 790
Iri (Republic of Korea [South]): g78 1/22 29
Jebusi: bf 86
Jehovah-shammah: ad 894; kj 401-406; bf 182
Jericho: ad 905-906; w69 596-598; qm 268; w65 233; g64 4/22 22; ns 122-123; w59 390-391; w56 575; qm55 268; bn 34-36; w52 648-649; w39 56, 69, 83-92, 99-109, 115-116; g36 4/8 442; g36 9/23 828; g32 7/6 622-623
Jerusalem: w79 3/1 28-31; w78 11/1 10-11; w77 747; w76 537-541; w74 78-79; ad 908-916; qm 167; g67 8/8 29; g65 6/8 28; w64 119-120, 539-541; bf 86, 385-391, 454, 498-499; mg63 91-95; g63 5/22 14-15; w61 319; g60 10/8 28; w59 125; w58 284, 463; bi-isa 403; pa 100-103, 154, 156-160; yw 68, 85, 106-108; bi5 708; qm55 167; w54 401, 437-442; nh 117-118, 125-126, 130-131, 141-143; w52 330; w50 512; bi7-50 795-797; w49 51, 308; w48 235-238; w47 280; w46 359-360; ep 100-104; w43 280
Jezreel: w76 150; ad 935-936; w35 22; w32 200; v-3 31-32
Joppa: ad 958-959; w38 24-25
Kadesh-barnea: ad 985
Kedesh: ad 987
Kedesh-naphtali: ad 987; w40 356
Kiev: bf 488
Kingston: g79 7/22 31
Kiriath-jearim: ad 1008; w36 260
Kir of Moab: ad 1009
Kolwezi (Zaire): g78 8/22 13-15
Lachish: ad 354; w60 631-632; w42 27
Ladue, Missouri: g80 2/8 25-28
Lagos: g82 8/8 29
Laodicea: ad 1030
Lima: g79 7/22 31; g76 12/22 30; g66 8/22 21-23
London: g78 7/8 20-24; g78 11/8 30
Los Angeles: g83 1/8 31
Machu Picchu (Peru): g80 1/8 24
Mahanaim: bf 92
Mandalay: yb79 57-58
Manila: g67 1/22 13-14
Masada: w66 253-255; w46 247, 366; w41 220
Medeba: ad 1127
Megiddo: w85 1/1 4-5; w78 11/1 9; w75 387-388; w75 515; w74 77; ad 354, 1132; qm 167; g65 2/8 17-20; bf 564-565; mg63 102; w61 319; w60 422; w59 351; w58 751-752; qm55 167; aa 7; w41 117; w32 88-89
Memphis: ad 1134-1136
Mexico City:
air pollution: g85 2/8 30-31
gas storage tank explosions: g85 3/8 24-26
government efforts to reduce population: g85 5/22 29
Michmas(h): ad 1153
Migdol: ad 1155
Migron: ad 1155
Miletus: ad 1157
Mississauga (Canada): g80 2/8 29-30
Mitylene: ad 1168
Mizpah: ad 1168-1169
Montreal: g78 6/8 5-7
Moresheth: w48 303; w42 6
Moscow: g79 7/22 30
Myra: ad 1193-1194
Nazareth: w78 12/1 26-31; ad 1208-1209; w64 575; ns 236, 241; pa 126; w51 255-256
Neapolis: ad 1211
Nebo: ad 1211
New Orleans:
Louisiana World Exposition (1984): g85 3/8 22-23
New York City: g83 3/22 30; g83 6/22 30; g83 10/22 16-18; w78 1/1 29; g78 2/8 29; g78 6/22 31; g78 10/8 29; g77 4/8 10; g76 1/8 3-7; g76 7/8 11; g76 11/22 31; g76 12/22 29
crime compared with Tokyo: g85 4/22 30
prostitution: g85 2/22 29-30
school for homosexuals: g85 9/22 27
Nicopolis: ad 1224
Nîmes: g78 7/22 15
Nineveh: g80 5/8 16, 18-19; ad 1227-1228; w67 600; w65 113-114, 233, 284; bf 121-122, 279; w60 149-152; w45 100; w38 23; w34 156
Nippur: w61 27
No-amon (Thebes): ad 1229; w60 150
Nob: ad 1231
On: ad 1253
Osaka: g78 1/22 31
Palmyra (Tadmor): ad 1571-1572; g67 11/8 14-17
Paphos: ad 1268
Paris: g78 7/22 9-11, 15
Eiffel Tower: g85 2/8 12-15
land sinking: g76 1/8 30
Patara: ad 1275
Pella: w84 12/1 11; w53 565; nh 273
Perga: ad 1290
Pergamum: g76 2/8 10-11; ad 1290; qm 274-275; w63 728-732; bf 331, 333; w58 54-55; qm55 274-275; w38 31-32
Petra: g80 5/8 16-17; ad 1467; g66 4/22 15; mg63 99-101; g61 3/8 13-16; w57 489-492; w49 255-256
Philadelphia: ad 1302
Philippi: ad 1303-1304; w59 636; yw 226
Phoenix: ad 1309
Pithom: ad 1315-1316
Plymouth (England): w80 2/1 7
Pompeii: g71 2/8 20; w67 165-166, 168
Potosí (Bolivia): w77 270
Raamses: ad 1365
Rabbah: ad 1365-1366; v-2 30
Ramah: ad 1370-1371
Ramoth-gilead: ad 1371; ns 154-155
Rangoon: yb79 50
Reykjavík: g79 1/22 21
Rhegium: ad 1406
Rio de Janeiro: g76 12/22 30
Rome: g82 1/8 16-19; g77 6/8 29-30; ad 1420-1422; qm 273-275; w60 624; sw 18; g59 5/22 4; w58 743; g57 5/8 24; qm55 273-275; g53 7/22 21-24; w51 483-484; g50 11/8 4-5; w47 92-93; w45 372; g45 4/25 3-9; g45 5/9 3; ki 148; g44 10/25 39; g36 9/9 776; g33 9/27 810
Salamis: ad 1432
Salem: ad 1432; w64 412, 504; bf 454; w59 125, 180; yw 68, 85; nh 117; ki 85; w43 158
Samaria: ad 1435-1436; w64 567; yb64 58; bf 108, 253-254; ns 134-135; w60 424-428; w59 135; w42 8
San Diego: g84 11/8 31
San Francisco: w81 7/1 7
São Paulo: g79 7/22 31
Sardis: ad 1448; bf 217; w37 126
Sela: ad 1467; mg63 100; g61 3/8 13; w57 489; w49 255
Seleucia: ad 1467-1468; bf 393-394
Shaalbim: ad 1476
Shanghai: g72 5/8 29
Shechem: ad 1483; g64 10/22 30; mg63 98; w60 424; w35 85
Shiloh: ad 1492; bf 86-87; w45 32; w36 115
Shunem: ad 1498
Shushan: ad 1499; bf 202; pr32 44; w31 166
Sidon: ad 1500; ns 135; v-2 108-109
Sin: ad 1510
Smyrna: ad 1518; w58 53-54; w38 31
Sochi (Soviet Union): g76 9/8 29
Soco(h): ad 1519
Sodom: g80 11/8 27; ad 1519; w65 110-111, 139-140; bf 50-51, 264-265; g55 12/8 8; bn 31-34; w51 678; v-1 196; g30 3/19 396
Sychar: ad 1564
Syene: ad 1564
Taanach: ad 1569; w41 117
Tadmor (Palmyra): ad 1571-1572; g67 11/8 13-17
Tahpanes (Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes): ad 1572
Tangshan (China): g79 9/8 29
Tarsus: ad 1576; w66 77-78; w63 488
Thessalonica: ad 1593
Thyatira: ad 1597-1598
Timbuktu (Tombouctou): g79 5/8 21
Timnah: ad 1601
Timnath-serah: ad 1601
Tirzah: ad 1604; bf 108
Tokyo: g83 4/22 30; g80 7/22 31; g79 10/8 31; g78 2/8 29; g78 7/8 8, 11; g78 10/8 29; g78 12/22 30; g77 11/22 29; g77 12/8 31; g76 12/22 29; g75 4/22 31; g71 10/22 29; g71 11/22 30; g66 8/8 30; g65 6/8 20-23; g65 6/22 29
crime: g79 1/8 29
safest city: g84 4/8 31
Troas: ad 1617
Tyre: g80 11/22 25-27; w76 381-383; ad 1621-1622; w65 28; bf 182, 280; w60 571-572; w59 308-312; bn 44; w52 655; w46 31-32; w37 101; en 207-208; v-2 53-54, 59
UN City at Vienna: g79 8/22 24-25
Ur: ad 1626; g69 12/8 26; g67 10/8 7, 9; im 184; w64 410; bf 24, 46-48, 469; w62 752-754; w61 26-27; w60 521; w58 742; nh 113; w43 174; wl 59
Venice: g82 1/8 20; g79 8/22 29
Warsaw: g79 7/22 31
Washington, D.C.:
illegitimate births: g77 1/22 31
Zarephath: ad 1681
Zarethan: ad 1681
Zeboiim: ad 1682; bf 50-51
Zephath: ad 1688-1689
Zererah: ad 1689
Ziklag: ad 1691
Zoan: ad 1694
Zoar (Bela): ad 1694-1695; bf 50-51, 56
Zorah: ad 1696