Biblical places
Nain
The village where Jesus raised a widow's dead son to life (Luke 7:11-17). Widely identified with the modern Arab village of Nein, southeast of Nazareth near Mount Tabor.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Nein
- 32.6306, 35.3500
The ancient place name has been preserved unchanged in the modern Arabic name (Nein), leaving little disagreement over its location.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Luke 7:11
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.