Difference between revisions of "Allon-Bachuth"
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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30276" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30276" /> == | ||
Genesis 35:8Judges 4:5 | |||
== | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18929" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Allon'-Bakcuth' בָּכוּת אִלֹּון, oak of weeping; Sept. βάλανος πένθους ),a spot near Bethel, so designated from a tree under which [[Jacob]] encamped, and where Rebekah's nurse [[Deborah]] was buried (Genesis 35:8). (See [[Oak]]). From the comparative rarity of large trees in the plains of Palestine, they were naturally designated as landmarks, and became favorite places for residence and sepulture (Judges 6:11-19; 1 Samuel 31:13). (See [[Allon]]). The particular tree in question is thought by some to have been a terebinth (q.v.), but scarcely the same under which [[Abraham]] sojourned (Genesis 18:1) (See [[Mamre]]), but perhaps the "palm-tree of Deborah," under which Deborah (q.v.) dwelt (Judges 4:5). So Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 1, 344; 3, 29) believes the "oak of Tabor" (1 Samuel 10:3, Auth. Vers. "plain of T.") to be the same as, or the successor of, this tree, "Tabor" being possibly a merely dialectical change from "Deborah" (see also Stanley, Palest. p. 143, 220). (See Baal- Tamar). </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14826" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14826" /> == | ||
<p> Al´lon-Bac´huth (the oak of weeping), a place in Bethel, where Rebekah's nurse was buried (Genesis 35:8). </p> | <p> Al´lon-Bac´huth (the oak of weeping), a place in Bethel, where Rebekah's nurse was buried (Genesis 35:8). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_30276"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/allon-bachuth Allon-Bachuth from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_30276"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/allon-bachuth Allon-Bachuth from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_18929"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/allon-bachuth Allon-Bachuth from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_14826"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/allon-bachuth Allon-Bachuth from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_14826"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/allon-bachuth Allon-Bachuth from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:41, 12 October 2021
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
Oak of weeping; the spot where Rebekah's nurse was buried, Genesis 35:8 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 35:8Judges 4:5
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Hebrew Allon'-Bakcuth' בָּכוּת אִלֹּון, oak of weeping; Sept. βάλανος πένθους ),a spot near Bethel, so designated from a tree under which Jacob encamped, and where Rebekah's nurse Deborah was buried (Genesis 35:8). (See Oak). From the comparative rarity of large trees in the plains of Palestine, they were naturally designated as landmarks, and became favorite places for residence and sepulture (Judges 6:11-19; 1 Samuel 31:13). (See Allon). The particular tree in question is thought by some to have been a terebinth (q.v.), but scarcely the same under which Abraham sojourned (Genesis 18:1) (See Mamre), but perhaps the "palm-tree of Deborah," under which Deborah (q.v.) dwelt (Judges 4:5). So Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 1, 344; 3, 29) believes the "oak of Tabor" (1 Samuel 10:3, Auth. Vers. "plain of T.") to be the same as, or the successor of, this tree, "Tabor" being possibly a merely dialectical change from "Deborah" (see also Stanley, Palest. p. 143, 220). (See Baal- Tamar).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [4]
Al´lon-Bac´huth (the oak of weeping), a place in Bethel, where Rebekah's nurse was buried (Genesis 35:8).
