International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Allon-Bacuth

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Allon-Bacuth


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al´on-bā´kuth (אלּון בּכוּת, 'allōn bākhūth; the King James Version transliterates Allon-bachuth, al-on-bak´uth, “oak of weeping”): The burial place of Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah (); it appears from the narrative that she made her home with Jacob, who had returned from Paddan-aram, and was sojourning at the time at Bethel, in the vicinity of which was the “oak of weeping,” under which she was buried.