Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). ) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(heights). ” It is identified by many with the modern Ramleh .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ARIMATHE'A (heights), a town in Judaea, and the home of Joseph, who begged the body of Jesus. Matt 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38. An old tradition places it at the modern Ramleh, but this is generally discredited. Some identify it with Ramah; others, with less probability, with Renthieh, 10 miles east of Joppa. See Ramah.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a lion dead to the Lord