Places in the Bible Today:

Bozrah 1

Data

Translated NameBozrah
Typesettlement
Notesin Edom
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

1 Identification

  1. Buseira (modern): 90% confidence
    1. ruins at BuseiraBuseira

Verses (8)

Gen-Deut (1)
Gen 36:33
1Sam-Esth (1)
1Chr 1:44
Job-Mal (6)
Isa 34:6, 63:1
Jer 49:13, 49:22
Amos 1:12
Mic 2:12

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com279
Logos FactbookBozrah (in Edom)
OpenBible.info (2007)Bozrah 1
OpenBible.infoa871210 (Bozrah 1)
TIPNRBozrah@Gen.36.33
UBS Names Databaseot ID_616
WikidataQ4952895

Sources

  1. Aharoni, Land of the Bible (1979): page 433
  2. Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2013): Bozrah
  3. Baldwin, Genesis 12-50 (1986): 36:1-43
  4. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Bozrah
  5. Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974): page 237
  6. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  7. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Bozrah
  8. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  9. Expositor’s Bible Commentary (1984): Isa 34:6 note; Jer 49:13-22 note
  10. Grollenberg, Atlas of the Bible (1957): Bozrah
  11. Hammond Atlas of the Bible Lands (2007): Bozrah
  12. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (2011): Bozrah
  13. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991)
  14. Hartley, Genesis (2000): 36:33 note
  15. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003)
  16. Holman Illustrated Guide to Bible Geography (2020): page 136
  17. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Bozrah
  18. IVP Old Testament Bible Background Commentary (2000): Isa 34:6
  19. Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016): Bozrah, in Edom
  20. Matthews, Genesis (1996, 2005): 36:33
  21. New Bible Dictionary (1996): Bozrah
  22. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009)
  23. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988)
  24. Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007)
  25. Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981): Bozrah
  26. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001): Bozrah
  27. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Bosra
  28. Waltke and Fredricks, Genesis (2001): 36:33
  29. Wenham, Genesis (1987, 1994): 36:33
  30. Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Bozrah
  31. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Bozrah
  32. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)
  33. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)
  34. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Isa 34:6; Jer 49:13

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identification is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain.