(flowing, winding). A city in southern Judah (Josh. 15:31), afterward assigned to Simeon (Josh. 19:5). It became of great historic importance as the rendezvous of David when outlawed by Saul, and was then, or had just been, in the hands of the Philistines (1 Sam. 30:1,14,26; 2 Sam. 1:1; 4:10; 1 Chron. 4:30; 12:1-20).