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. Amos 4:13 בָּ֣מֳתֵי Bo.mo.tei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

  2. Amos 7:9 בָּמ֣וֹת ba.Mot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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