BATH-RABBIM (daughter of multitudes).The name of a gate of Heshbon, near which were pools, to which the Shulammites eyes are compared (Son_7:4).
R. A. S. Macalister.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Bath-rab'bim. (daughter of many). The Gate of Bathrabbim. One of the gates of the ancient city of Heshbon. Son_7:4-5.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Bath-rabbim
(Heb. Bath-rabbim', בִּתאּרִבַּיםdaughter of many; Sept. translates literally θυγατὴρ τολλῶν), the name of one of the gates of the ancient city of Heshbon, by (עִל) which were two pools, to which Solomon likens the eyes of his beloved (Son_7:4 [5]). The Gate of Bath- rabbim at Heshbon would, according to the Oriental custom, be the gate pointing to a town of that name. The only place in this neighborhood at all resembling Bath-rabbim in sound is Rabbah (Amman), but the one tank of which we gain any intelligence as remaining at Heshbon is on the opposite (S.) side of the town to Amman (Porter, Handbook, p. 298).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.