Bible Dictionary

Allon-bachuth

Oak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, was buried (Gen. 35:8). Large trees, from their rarity in the plains of Palestine, were frequently designated as landma…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Oak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, was buried (Gen. 35:8). Large trees, from their rarity in the plains of Palestine, were frequently designated as landmarks. This particular tree was probably the same as the “palm tree of Deborah” (Judg. 4:5).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

AL'LON-BACH'UTH (oak of weeping), an oak tree near Bethel, under which Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, was buried. Gen 35:8.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the oak of weeping