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Baalath-beer

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(lord of the well). [BAAL.] (4) [BEALOTH.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Town in the south border of the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:8⁸And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. (Joshua 19:8)); also called “RAMATH of the South;” and in 1 Samuel 30:27²⁷To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, (1 Samuel 30:27), South RAMOTH; and apparently the same as BAAL in 1 Chronicles 4:33³³And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. (1 Chronicles 4:33).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1192 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Ba`alath

Phonic:

B`er

Meaning:

from 1172 and 875; mistress of a well; Baalath-Beer, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Baalath-beer

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

mistress of the well

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The well at Baalath; having, i. e., mistress of, a well:― place in Palestine, Josh. 19:8. {Baalath puteus; habens puteus}