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Lexicon :: Strong's H1116 - bāmâ

Aa
בָּמָה
Transliteration
bāmâ
Pronunciation
bam-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be high)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 253

Strong’s Definitions

בָּמָה bâmâh, bam-maw'; from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation:—height, high place, wave.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H1116 in the following manner: high place (100x), heights (1x), waves (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H1116 in the following manner: high place (100x), heights (1x), waves (1x).
  1. high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)

    1. high place, mountain

    2. high places, battlefields

    3. high places (as places of worship)

    4. funeral mound?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּמָה bâmâh, bam-maw'; from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation:—height, high place, wave.
STRONGS H1116: Abbreviations
בָּמָה 104 noun feminine high place (√ apparently בום on account of firm ָ֯; compare Assyrian bâmâtê ZimBP 48, Moab. במת MI3, 27) — Jeremiah 48:35 + 18 times; הַבָּמָ֫תָה 1 Samuel 9:13; plural בָּמוֺת Numbers 21:19 + 62 times; construct בָּֽמֳתֵי Job 9:8; Isaiah 14:14; Amos 4:13; בָּֽמֳו֯תֵי Deuteronomy 32:13; Isaiah 58:14; Micah 1:3 (Ew§ 211 d Ges§ 87, 5 archaic feminine construct with retracted accent before monosyl. in poetry, bâmŏ-thê not bŏm); suffix בָּמֹתַי 2 Samuel 22:34 + 3 times; בָּמוֺתַי Psalm 18:34 + 10 times; —
1. high place, mountain: בָּמוֺת יָעַר forest mountains Micah 3:12 = Jeremiah 26:18; במות עולם ancient mountains Ezekiel 36:2; במות ארנן Numbers 21:28 (E poetry).
2. high places, battle-fields, the chief places of the land giving possession, victory, dominion: על במותיך on thy high places (Gilboa, the battle-field) 2 Samuel 1:19, 25 (in 2 Samuel 1:19 Greek Version of the LXX has a doublet מֵתֶיךָ thy dead, see We Dr).
a. of Israel: רכב על במתי ארץ ride upon the high places of the land Deuteronomy 32:13 & Isaiah 58:14 compare Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 18:34 = 2 Samuel 22:34; Habakkuk 3:19.
b. of God: דרך על במתי ארץ tread upon the high places of the earth Amos 4:13 compare Micah 1:3; במתי ים Job 9:8; עלה על במתי עב (aspiration of the king of Babylon) Isaiah 14:14.
3. high places, as places of worship, at first on hills and mountains, later on artificial mounds or platforms, under green trees, and in cities; still later for the chapels erected thereon, and once apparently for a portable sanctuary (decked with diverse colours) Ezekiel 16:16. The ancient worship of Israel was conducted on these high places. In the times of Samuel and David they ascended to them, descended from them, and offered sacrifices on them, 1 Samuel 9:12-25; 1 Samuel 10:5, 13 (הבמה for הביתה We Dr). The custom continued in the reign of Solomon, but Gibeon was הבמה הגדולה 1 Kings 3:2-4 compare 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:3, 13. High places of Baal were also used Numbers 22:41 (E) Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35; of Moab Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 16:12; Jeremiah 48:35 (compare MI27); these must be demolished Numbers 33:52 (J). Solomon built במות (platforms or chapels) to Chemosh and Milkom on the Mt. of Evil Counsel opposite Jerusalem 1 Kings 11:7: Jeroboam made temples on the ancient high places of Dan and Bethel 1 Kings 12:31, 32; 2 Chronicles 11:15; they are called במות און Hosea 10:8, במות ישׂחק Amos 7:9: the kings of Israel built במות and בתי הבמות in all their cities 2 Kings 17:9, and the people worshipped there 2 Kings 17:11; these were also used by the mixed population after the exile of Israel 2 Kings 17:29, 32 (twice in verse): these various idolatrous high places were first destroyed by Josiah 1 Kings 13:2; 1 Kings 13:32; 1 Kings 13:38; 2 Kings 23:5-20 2 Chronicles 34:3. The worship of Yahweh on high places continued in Judah until the exile 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 15:35; the sanctity code predicts that Yahweh will destroy them Leviticus 26:30; they were regarded as the reason for the rejection of Shiloh Psalm 78:58. The compiler of Kings, writing from the point of view of the Deuteronomic code, complains רַק הַבָּמוֺת לֹא סָרוּ 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 35 compare 2 Chronicles 15:17; 20:33, and praises the few pious kings who destroyed them.
a. Rehoboam built במות with מצבות & אשׁרים on every high hill and under every green tree 1 Kings 14:23.
b. Asa did not remove the high places 1 Kings 15:14 (2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 14:4 is incorrect unless במות בעל).
c. Jehoshaphat in his reform on the basis of the covenant code did not remove them 1 Kings 22:44 (עוֺד הֵסִיר אֶת־הַבָּמוֺת 2 Chronicles 17:16 is doubtless incorrect, possibly read מצבות); Jehoram, his son, made high places in the cities of Judah 2 Chronicles 21:11 (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate; not mountains HCT); and Ahaz sacrificed on high places on the hills and under every green tree and in every city of Judah 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Chronicles 28:4, 25; compare Micah 1:5 (read חטאת ? so Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Che and others; yet compare JBL1890, 73 f.)
d. Hezekiah removed them 2 Kings 18:4, 22; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 32:12; Isaiah 36:7; but Manasseh rebuilt them 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Chronicles 33:3, 19, and the people continued to sacrifice thereon to Yahweh 2 Chronicles 33:17.
e. Josiah, in his reform, based on the Deuteronomic code, defiled them and brake them down from Geba to Beersheba 2 Kings 23:5, 8, 9; but subsequently there were במות התפת in the valley of Ben Hinnom Jeremiah 7:31, and במות throughout Judah Jeremiah 17:3 compare Ezekiel 6:3, 6;
[H1117 Ezekiel 20:29] (questioned by Ew & Co).
4. funereal mound (?) Ezekiel 43:7 (Thes, but in their high places AV RV; in their death Targum Theod Ew Hi RVm), Isaiah 53:9 (Lowth Ew Bö Rodwell Orelli; but in his death AV RV, or martyr death De Che Br).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:30

Numbers

21:19; 21:28; 22:41; 33:52

Deuteronomy

32:13; 32:13; 33:29

1 Samuel

9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:15; 9:16; 9:17; 9:18; 9:19; 9:20; 9:21; 9:22; 9:23; 9:24; 9:25; 10:5; 10:13

2 Samuel

1:19; 1:19; 1:25; 22:34; 22:34

1 Kings

3:2; 3:3; 3:4; 11:7; 12:31; 12:32; 13:2; 13:32; 14:23; 15:14; 22:44; 22:44

2 Kings

12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35; 15:35; 16:4; 17:9; 17:11; 17:29; 17:32; 18:4; 18:22; 21:3; 23:5; 23:5; 23:6; 23:7; 23:8; 23:8; 23:9; 23:9; 23:10; 23:11; 23:12; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:16; 23:17; 23:18; 23:19; 23:20

1 Chronicles

16:39; 21:29

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:13; 11:15; 14:2; 14:4; 15:17; 17:16; 20:33; 21:11; 28:4; 28:25; 31:1; 32:12; 33:3; 33:17; 33:19; 34:3

Job

9:8; 9:8

Psalms

18:34; 18:34; 78:58

Isaiah

14:14; 14:14; 15:2; 16:12; 36:7; 53:9; 58:14; 58:14

Jeremiah

7:31; 17:3; 19:5; 26:18; 32:35; 48:35; 48:35

Ezekiel

6:3; 6:6; 16:16; 36:2; 43:7

Hosea

10:8

Amos

4:13; 4:13; 7:9

Micah

1:3; 1:3; 1:5; 3:12

Habakkuk

3:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1116 matches the Hebrew בָּמָה (bāmâ),
which occurs 104 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 11:15–Hab 3:19)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - And he ordained H5975 him priests H3548 for the high places, H1116 and for the devils, H8163 and for the calves H5695 which H834 he had made. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - For he took away H5493 the altars H4196 of the strange H5236 gods, and the high places, H1116 and brake down H7665 the images, H4676 and cut down H1438 the groves: H842
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - Also he took away H5493 out of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 the high places H1116 and H853 the images: H2553 and H8252 the kingdom H4467 was quiet H8252 before him. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - But the high places H1116 were H5493 not H3808 taken away H5493 out of Israel: H3478 nevertheless H7535 the heart H3824 of Asa H609 was H1961 perfect H8003 all H3605 his days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - And H1361 his heart H3820 was lifted up H1361 in the ways H1870 of the LORD: H3068 moreover H5750 he took away H5493 the high places H1116 and H853 groves H842 out of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - Howbeit H389 the high places H1116 were H5493 not H3808 taken away: H5493 for as yet H5750 the people H5971 had H3559 not H3808 prepared H3559 their hearts H3824 unto the God H430 of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover H1571 he H1931 made H6213 high places H1116 in the mountains H2022 of Judah, H3063 and caused H2181 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to commit fornication, H2181 and compelled H5080 Judah H3063 thereto.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He sacrificed also H2076 and burnt incense H6999 in the high places, H1116 and on H5921 the hills, H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - And in every H3605 several city H5892 H5892 of Judah H3063 he made H6213 high places H1116 to burn incense H6999 unto H430 other H312 gods, H430 and provoked to anger H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of his fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when H3615 all H3605 this H2063 was finished, H3615 all H3605 Israel H3478 that were present H4672 went out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and brake H7665 the images H4676 in pieces, H7665 and cut down H1438 the groves, H842 and threw down H5422 the high places H1116 and H853 the altars H4196 out of all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 in Ephraim also H669 and Manasseh, H4519 until H5704 they had utterly destroyed them all. H3615 Then H7725 all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 returned, H7725 every man H376 to his possession, H272 into their own cities. H5892
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Hath H5493 not H3808 the same H1931 Hezekiah H2396 taken away H5493 his high places H1116 and H853 his altars, H4196 and commanded H559 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 saying, H559 Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 one H259 altar, H4196 and H5921 burn incense H6999 upon it? H5921
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For H7725 he built H1129 again H7725 the high places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had broken down, H5422 and he reared up H6965 altars H4196 for Baalim, H1168 and made H6213 groves, H842 and worshipped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 them. H853
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless H61 the people H5971 did sacrifice H2076 still H5750 in the high places, H1116 yet unto the LORD H3068 their God H430 only. H7535
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also, H8605 and how God was intreated H6279 of him, and all H3605 his sin, H2403 and his trespass, H4604 and the places H4725 wherein he built H834 H1129 high places, H1116 and set up H5975 groves H842 and graven images, H6456 before H6440 he was humbled: H3665 behold, they H2005 are written H3789 among H5921 the sayings H1697 of the seers. H2335
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign, H4427 while he was H1931 yet H5750 young, H5288 he began H2490 to seek H1875 after the God H430 of David H1732 his father: H1 and in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 he began H2490 to purge H2891 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 from H4480 the high places, H1116 and the groves, H842 and the carved images, H6456 and the molten images. H4541
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - Which H5186 alone H905 spreadeth out H5186 the heavens, H8064 and treadeth H1869 upon H5921 the waves H1116 of the sea. H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - He maketh H7737 my feet H7272 like hinds' H355 feet, and H5921 setteth me H5975 upon H5921 my high places. H1116
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - For they provoked him to anger H3707 with their high places, H1116 and H6456 moved him to jealousy H7065 with their graven images. H6456
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds; H5645 I will be like H1819 the most High. H5945
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - He is gone up H5927 to Bajith, H1006 and to Dibon, H1769 the high places, H1116 to weep: H1065 Moab H4124 shall howl H3213 over H5921 Nebo, H5015 and over H5921 Medeba: H4311 on all H3605 their heads H7218 shall be baldness, H7144 and every H3605 beard H2206 cut off. H1639
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 when H3588 it is seen H7200 that H3588 Moab H4124 is weary H3811 on H5921 the high place, H1116 that he shall come H935 to H413 his sanctuary H4720 to pray; H6419 but H3808 he shall H3201 not H3808 prevail. H3201
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - But if H3588 thou say H559 to me, H413 We trust H982 in H413 the LORD H3068 our God: H430 is it not H3808 he, H1931 whose H834 high places H1116 and H853 whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away, H5493 and said H559 to Judah H3063 and to Jerusalem, H3389 Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 this H2088 altar? H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then H227 shalt thou delight thyself H6026 in H5921 the LORD; H3068 and I will cause thee to ride H7392 upon H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth, H776 and feed thee H398 with the heritage H5159 of Jacob H3290 thy father: H1 for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And they have built H1129 the high places H1116 of Tophet, H8612 which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 and H853 their daughters H1323 in the fire; H784 which H834 I commanded H6680 them not, H3808 neither H3808 came it H5927 into H5921 my heart. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O my mountain H2042 in the field, H7704 I will give H5414 thy substance H2428 and all H3605 thy treasures H214 to the spoil, H957 and thy high places H1116 for sin, H2403 throughout all H3605 thy borders. H1366
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - They have built also H1129 the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 with fire H784 for burnt offerings H5930 unto Baal, H1168 which H834 I commanded H6680 not, H3808 nor H3808 spake H1696 it, neither H3808 came H5927 it into H5921 my mind: H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - Micah H4318 the Morasthite H4183 prophesied H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and spake H559 to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts; H6635 Zion H6726 shall be plowed H2790 like a field, H7704 and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps, H5856 and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of a forest. H3293
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - And they built H1129 the high places H1116 of Baal, H1168 which H834 are in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to cause H5674 their sons H1121 and H853 their daughters H1323 to pass through H5674 the fire unto Molech; H4432 which H834 I commanded them H6680 not, H3808 neither H3808 came it H5927 into H5921 my mind, H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2063 abomination, H8441 to H4616 cause H2398 Judah H3063 to sin. H2398
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - Moreover I will cause to cease H7673 in Moab, H4124 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 him that offereth H5927 in the high places, H1116 and him that burneth incense H6999 to his gods. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - And say, H559 Ye mountains H2022 of Israel, H3478 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 to the mountains, H2022 and to the hills, H1389 to the rivers, H650 and to the valleys; H1516 Behold, I, H2009 even I, H589 will bring H935 a sword H2719 upon you, H5921 and I will destroy H6 your high places. H1116
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all H3605 your dwellingplaces H4186 the cities H5892 shall be laid waste, H2717 and the high places H1116 shall be desolate; H3456 that H4616 your altars H4196 may be laid waste H2717 and made desolate, H816 and H7673 your idols H1544 may be broken and H7665 cease, H7673 and H1438 your images H2553 may be cut down, H1438 and H4229 your works H4639 may be abolished. H4229
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:16 - And H3947 of thy garments H899 thou didst take, H3947 and deckedst H6213 thy high places H1116 with divers colours, H2921 and playedst the harlot H2181 thereupon: H5921 the like things shall H935 not H3808 come, H935 neither H3808 shall it be H1961 so.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:29 - Then I said H559 unto them, H413 What H4100 is the high place H1116 whereunto H834 ye H859 go? H935 And H7121 the name thereof H8034 is called H7121 Bamah H1117 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Because H3282 the enemy H341 hath said H559 against you, H5921 Aha, H1889 even the H1116 ancient H5769 high places  H1116 are H1961 ours in possession: H4181
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - And he said H559 unto me, H413 Son H1121 of man, H120 the place H4725 of my throne, H3678 and H853 the place H4725 of the soles H3709 of my feet, H7272 where H834 I will dwell H7931 in the midst H8432 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 for ever, H5769 and H3808 my holy H6944 name, H8034 shall H2930 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 no H3808 more H5750 defile, H2930 neither they, H1992 nor their kings, H4428 by their whoredom, H2184 nor by the carcases H6297 of their kings H4428 in their high places. H1116
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places H1116 also H8045 of Aven, H205 the sin H2403 of Israel, H3478 shall be destroyed: H8045 the thorn H6975 and the thistle H1863 shall come up H5927 on H5921 their altars; H4196 and they shall say H559 to the mountains, H2022 Cover us; H3680 and to the hills, H1389 Fall H5307 on us. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For, H3588 lo, H2009 he that formeth H3335 the mountains, H2022 and createth H1254 the wind, H7307 and declareth H5046 unto man H120 what H4100 is his thought, H7808 that maketh H6213 the morning H7837 darkness, H5890 and treadeth H1869 upon H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth, H776 The LORD, H3068 The God H430 of hosts, H6635 is his name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And H8074 the high places H1116 of Isaac H3446 shall be desolate, H8074 and the sanctuaries H4720 of Israel H3478 shall be laid waste; H2717 and I will rise H6965 against H5921 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 with the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:3 - For, H3588 behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 cometh forth H3318 out of his place, H4725 and will come down, H3381 and tread H1869 upon H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - For the transgression H6588 of Jacob H3290 is all H3605 this, H2063 and for the sins H2403 of the house H1004 of Israel. H3478 What H4310 is the transgression H6588 of Jacob? H3290 is it not H3808 Samaria? H8111 and what H4310 are the high places H1116 of Judah? H3063 are they not H3808 Jerusalem? H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore H3651 shall H2790 Zion H6726 for your sake H1558 be plowed H2790 as a field, H7704 and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps, H5856 and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of the forest. H3293
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The LORD H3069 God H136 is my strength, H2428 and he will make H7760 my feet H7272 like hinds' H355 feet, and H5921 he will make me to walk H1869 upon H5921 mine high places. H1116 To the chief singer H5329 on my stringed instruments. H5058

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