Allon-bacuth
Ancient site; 3 competing modern identifications, best supported being Beitin.
Placetree1 verselocation disputed
Where was it?
Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.
- Beitin716
- Al Bira99
- Burj Beitin5
Names
- Allon-bacuth — אַלּוֹן בָּכֽוּת alon bakəut “oak of weeping” (H439) · Βάλανος πένθους Bálanos pénthous “oak [of] mourning” (G3997) — Genesis 35:8
Name variants
- Allon-bacuth (5)
- Allon Bachuth (1)
- Allon Bakuth (1)
- Allon-Bacuth (1)
- Allon-bachuth (1)
- Oak of Weeping (1)
References
Topical references
- Place where Rebekah was buried — Genesis 35:8
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.