Bible Dictionary
Lebaoth
Lebaoth was a town in the southern part of Judah. It is probably the same place called Beth-lebaoth in the territory later assigned to Simeon.
Definition
Lebaoth was a town in the southern part of Judah. Its name means “lionesses,” and it is probably the same place as Beth-lebaoth, later associated with the territory of Simeon.
Biblical Usage
Lebaoth appears in the listing of the cities in the southern portion of Judah’s inheritance.
Historical Background
The town’s precise location is unidentified. The supplied material connects it with Beth-lebaoth and notes a variant form, Beth-biri, in Chronicles.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(lionesses), a town which forms one of the last group of the cities of “the south” in the enumeration of the possessions of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) probably identical with Beth-lebaoth.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>le-ba'-oth, -oth (lebha'oth): An unidentified city in the South of the territory of Judah (Jos 15:32). It is the same as Bethlebaoth of Jos 19:6, which, by a clerical error appears in 1Ch 4:31 as "Beth-biri."</p>