Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fortress). (1) Lowland town of Judah (Josh. 15:44; 1 Sam. 23:1-13; Neh. 3:17-18). (2) Person or place (1 Chron. 4:19).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. City in the lowlands of Judah. It was delivered by David from an attack of the Philistines. He and Abiathar with the ephod took shelter there; but warned by God that the people of the city would deliver him up to Saul, they escaped (Josh. 15:44; 1 Sam. 23:1-13; Neh. 3:17-18). Identified with Kila, 31° 37' N, 35° E.
2. One called “the Garmite,” in the genealogy of Judah (1 Chron. 4:19).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
perhaps from 7049 in the sense of inclosing; citadel; Keilah, a place in Palestine
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
let the faint be alienated
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Fortification; castle; voice of God:―name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite [EN-HAKKORE], Josh. 15:44. {Munimentum}