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(Hebrew Allon'-Bakcuth' áָּëåּú àִìֹּåï , oak of weeping; Sept. âÜëáíïò ðÝíèïõò ),a spot near Bethel, so designated from a tree under which Jacob encamped, and where Rebekah's nurse Deborah was buried (Gen_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 (Jdg_6:11-19; 1Sa_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 (Gen_18:1) SEE MAMRE, but perhaps the "palm-tree of Deborah," under which Deborah (q.v.) dwelt (Jdg_4:5). So Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 1, 344; 3, 29) believes the "oak of Tabor" (1Sa_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.