בָּמָה

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.

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1. 1 Kings 3:2 בַּבָּמ֑וֹת ba.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

   Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

2. 1 Kings 3:3 בַּבָּמ֔וֹת ba.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

   And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

3. 1 Kings 3:4 הַבָּמָ֣ה ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

   And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

4. 1 Kings 11:7 בָּמָ֗ה ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

   Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

5. 1 Kings 12:31 בָּמ֑וֹת ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

   And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

6. 1 Kings 12:32 הַבָּמ֖וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

   And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.

7. 1 Kings 13:2 הַבָּמוֹת֙ ha.ba.mOt · A person, place or thing

   And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee.

8. 1 Kings 13:32 הַבָּמ֔וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

   For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

9. 1 Kings 13:33 בָמ֔וֹת va.Mot · A person, place or thing

   After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

10. 1 Kings 13:33 בָמֽוֹת׃ va.Mot · A person, place or thing

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

11. 1 Kings 14:23 בָּמ֥וֹת ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

12. 1 Kings 15:14 וְהַבָּמ֖וֹת ve.ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.

13. 1 Kings 22:43 הַבָּמ֖וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

14. 1 Kings 22:43 בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃ ba.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; He turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

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