Mistress; city.
1) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah.
2) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, Erma.
3) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh. 15:11).
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.