בָּמָה

ba.mah · high place

Hebrew · Strong's H1116 · Noun · Sounds like: bam-maw' · 102 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בָּמָה 104 n.f. high place
1. high place, mountain
2. high places, battle-fields
3. high places, as places of worship
4. funereal mound (?)

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 9:12 בַּבָּמָֽה׃ ba.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place:

  2. 1 Samuel 9:13 הַבָּמָ֜תָה ha.ba.Ma.tah · A person, place or thing

    as soon as ye are come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he goeth up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that are bidden. Now therefore get you up; for at this time ye shall find him.

  3. 1 Samuel 9:14 הַבָּמָֽה׃ ס ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    And they went up to the city; and as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.

  4. 1 Samuel 9:19 הַבָּמָ֔ה ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day: and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart.

  5. 1 Samuel 9:25 מֵהַבָּמָ֖ה me.ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul upon the housetop.

  6. 1 Samuel 10:5 מֵֽהַבָּמָ֔ה me.ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:

  7. 1 Samuel 10:13 הַבָּמָֽה׃ ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

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