Lebaoth

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("lionesses" implying their presence formerly). A city in the extreme S. of Judah (Joshua 15:32), afterward transferred to Simeon (Joshua 19:6), whose portion, like Levi's, was "scattered" in Israel (Genesis 49:5-7) on account of the cruelty in Genesis 34:25-26. Now el Beyudh.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Beth-Lebaoth

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

LEBAOTH. See Beth-biri.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Town in the south of Judah. Joshua 15:32 . Not identified.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Leb'aoth. (lionesses). A town, which forms one of the last group of the cities of "the south", in the enumeration of the possessions of Judah, Joshua 15:32, probably, identical with Beth-lebaoth.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

lḗ - bā´oth , - ōth ( לבאות , lebhā'ōth ): An unidentified city in the South of the territory of Judah ( Joshua 15:32 ). It is the same as Bethlebaoth of Joshua 19:6 , which, by a clerical error appears in 1 Chronicles 4:31 as "Beth-biri."

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Lebasth', לְבָאוֹת lionesses; Sept. Λαβαώθ ), a city in the southern part of Judah, i.e. Simeon (Joshua 15:32); elsewhere more fully BETH- LAEBAOTH (Joshua 19:6); also BETH-BIREI (1 Chronicles 4:31). The associated names in all these passages suggest a location in the wild south- western part of the tribe, possibly at the ruined site marked on Van de Velde's Map as Sbeta, on wady Suniyeh, not very far from Elusa, towards Gaza.