Bible Location

Allon-bacuth

1 cross reference · Modern-day map available

Allon-bacuth was the oak near Bethel where Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, was buried. It is important because grief there became embedded in the very name of the place. First appears in Gen 35:8.1

Coordinates

31.93, 35.22

First appears

Gen 35:8

AI summary: Allon-bacuth matters because the Bible sometimes records memory through trees and mourning rather than through cities. The named oak preserves a moment of lament within the patriarchal story.1

Latitude

31.93

Longitude

35.22

Bible references

1