Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Strong as death. ) One of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:31). ) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25). ) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh. 12:29; Ezra 2:24).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
a place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe. (Ezra 2:24) The name elsewhere occurs as BETH-AZMAVETH. (strong unto death).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
AZ'MAVETH, probably a place in Benjamin, Ezr 2:24; Neh 12:29; called also Beth-azmaveth, Neh 7:28; probably modern Hizmeh, north of Anathoth.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
AZ'MAVETH (strong unto death). (1). One of David's warriors, 2 Sam 23:31; 1 Chr 11:33. (2). A descendant of Mephibosheth. 1 Chr 8:36; 1 Chr 9:42. (3). A Benjamite. 1 Chr 12:3. (4). David's treasurer. 1 Chr 27:25.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
strong death; a he-goat