Baal-tamar

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Baal-tamar
     lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah
     of Saul (Judg. 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves
     of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is
     alluded to in the name.
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Baal-tamar, master of the palm-tree