Bible Location

Sychar

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Sychar was the Samaritan town near Jacob's well where Jesus met the Samaritan woman. It is important because it is one of the New Testament's clearest places of boundary-crossing conversation and revelation. First appears in John 4:5.1

Place meaning

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Coordinates

32.20, 35.31

First appears

John 4:5

AI summary: Sychar matters because worship, ethnicity, memory, and living water all converge there in Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman. The place belongs to the Gospel geography of unexpected openness and truth.1

Place meaning

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Latitude

32.20

Longitude

35.31

Bible references

1