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. 2 Kings 23:9 הַבָּמ֔וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.

  2. 2 Kings 23:13 הַבָּמ֞וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  3. 2 Kings 23:15 הַבָּמָה֙ ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

  4. 2 Kings 23:15 הַבָּמָ֖ה ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

  5. 2 Kings 23:15 הַבָּמָ֛ה ha.ba.Mah · A person, place or thing

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

  6. 2 Kings 23:19 הַבָּמ֜וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

  7. 2 Kings 23:20 הַבָּמ֤וֹת ha.ba.Mot · A person, place or thing

    And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

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