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Lexicon :: Strong's H1116 - bāmâ

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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 102 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 11:15–Hab 3:19)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - He set H5975 up priests H3548 of his own for the high H1116 places, H1116 for the satyrs H8163 and for the calves H5695 which H834 he had made. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed H5493 the foreign H5236 altars H4196 and high H1116 places, H1116 tore H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars, H4676 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim, H842
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and the incense H2553 altars H2553 from all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah. H3063 And the kingdom H4467 was undisturbed H8252 under H6440 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - But the high H1116 places H1116 were not removed H5493 from Israel; H3478 nevertheless H7534 Asa’s H609 heart H3824 was blameless H8003 all H3605 his days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - [fn]He took H1361 great H1361 pride H1361 H3820 in the ways H1870 of the LORD H3068 and again H5750 removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and the Asherim H842 from Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - The high H1116 places, H1116 however, H389 were not removed; H5493 the people H5971 had not yet H5750 directed H3559 their hearts H3824 to the God H430 of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover, H1571 he made H6213 high H1116 places H1116 in the mountains H2022 of Judah, H3063 and caused the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to play H2181 the harlot H2181 and led H5080 Judah H3063 astray. H5080
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He sacrificed H2076 and burned H6999 incense H6999 on the high H1116 places, H1116 on the hills H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - In every H3605 city H5892 of Judah H3063 he made H6213 high H1116 places H1116 to burn H6999 incense H6999 to other H312 gods, H430 and provoked H3707 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of his fathers, H1 to anger. H3707
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished, H3615 all H3605 Israel H3478 who were present H4672 went H3318 out to the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 broke H7665 the pillars H4676 in pieces, H7665 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 [fn]until H5704 they had destroyed H3615 them all. H3615 Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities, H5892 each H376 to his possession. H272
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - ‘Has not the same H1931 Hezekiah H2396 taken H5493 away H5493 His high H1116 places H1116 and His altars, H4196 and said H559 to Judah H3063 and [fn]Jerusalem, H3389 “You shall worship H7812 before H6440 one H259 altar, H4196 and on it you shall [fn]burn H6999 incense”? H6999
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had broken H5422 down; H5422 he also erected H6965 altars H4196 for the Baals H1168 and made H6213 [fn]Asherim, H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless H61 the people H5971 still H5750 sacrificed H2076 in the high H1116 places, H1116 although only H7534 to the LORD H3068 their God. H430
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer H8605 also and how God was entreated H6279 by him, and all H3605 his sin, H2403 his unfaithfulness, H4604 and the sites H4725 on which H834 he built H1129 high H1116 places H1116 and erected H5975 the Asherim H842 and the carved H6456 images, H6456 before H6440 he humbled H3665 himself, behold, H2009 they are written H3789 in the records H1697 of the [fn]Hozai. H2335
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign H4427 while he was still H5750 a youth, H5288 he began H2490 to seek H1875 the God H430 of his father H1 David; H1732 and in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 he began H2490 to purge H2891 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 of the high H1116 places, H1116 the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images. H4541
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - Who alone H905 stretches H5186 out the heavens H8064
And [fn]tramples H1869 down H1869 the waves H1116 of the sea; H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - He makes H7737 my feet H7272 like hinds’ H355 feet,
And sets H5975 me upon my high H1116 places. H1116
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - For they provoked H3707 Him with their high H1116 places H1116
And aroused His jealousy H7065 with their graven H6456 images. H6456
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - ‘I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds; H5645
I will make H1819 myself like H1819 the Most H5945 High.’ H5945
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - They have gone H5927 up to the [fn]temple H1004 and to Dibon, H1769 even to the high H1116 places H1116 to weep. H1065
Moab H4124 wails H3213 over H5921 Nebo H5015 and Medeba; H4311
Everyone’s H3605 head H7218 is bald H7144 and every H3605 beard H2206 is cut H1639 off. H1639
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - So it will come H1961 about when H3588 Moab H4124 presents H7200 himself,
When H3588 he wearies H3811 himself upon his high H1116 place H1116
And comes H935 to his sanctuary H4720 to pray, H6419
That he will not prevail. H3201
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - “But if H3588 you say H559 to me, ‘We trust H982 in the LORD H3068 our God,’ H430 is it not He whose H834 high H1116 places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 has taken H5493 away H5493 and has said H559 to Judah H3063 and to Jerusalem, H3389 ‘You shall worship H7812 before H6440 this H2088 altar’? H4196
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then H227 you will take H6026 delight H6026 in the LORD, H3068
And I will make you ride H7392 on the heights H1116 of the earth; H776
And I will feed H398 you with the heritage H5159 of Jacob H3290 your father, H1
For the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 has spoken.” H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - “They have built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Topheth, H8612 which H834 is in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom, H2011 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 in the fire, H784 which H834 I did not command, H6680 and it did not come H5927 into My [fn]mind. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O mountain H2022 of Mine in the countryside, H7704
I will give H5414 over your wealth H2428 and all H3605 your treasures H214 for booty, H957
Your high H1116 places H1116 for sin H2403 throughout H3605 your borders. H1366
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal H1168 to burn H8313 their sons H1121 in the fire H784 as burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to Baal, H1168 a thing which H834 I never H3808 commanded H6680 or spoke H1696 of, nor H3808 did it ever enter H5927 My [fn]mind; H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - [fn]Micah H4318 of Moresheth H4183 prophesied H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah; H3063 and he spoke H559 to all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 has said, H559
“Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 as a field, H7704
And Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 ruins, H5856
And the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the [fn]high H1116 places H1116 of a forest.”’ H3293
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - “They built H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal H1168 that are in the valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011 to cause their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 to pass H5674 through H5674 the fire to Molech, H4432 which H834 I had not commanded H6680 them nor H3808 had it [fn]entered H5927 My mind H3820 that they should do H6213 this H2088 abomination, H8441 to cause Judah H3063 to sin. H2398
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - “I will make H7673 an end H7673 of Moab,” H4124 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “the one who offers H5927 sacrifice on the high H1116 place H1116 and the one who [fn]burns H6999 incense H6999 to his gods. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - and say, H559 ‘Mountains H2022 of Israel, H3478 listen H8085 to the word H1697 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD! H3068 Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 to the mountains, H2022 the hills, H1389 the ravines H650 and the valleys: H1516 “Behold, H2009 I Myself H589 am going to bring H935 a sword H2719 on you, and I will destroy H6 your high H1116 places. H1116
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “In all H3605 your dwellings, H4186 cities H5892 will become H2717 waste H2717 and the high H1116 places H1116 will be desolate, H8074 that your altars H4196 may become H2717 waste H2717 and [fn]desolate, H816 your idols H1544 may be broken H7665 and brought H7673 to an end, H7673 your incense H2553 altars H2553 may be cut H1438 down, H1438 and your works H4639 may be blotted H4229 out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:16 - “You took H3947 some H4480 of your clothes, H899 made H6213 for yourself high H1116 places H1116 of various H2921 colors H2921 and played H2181 the harlot H2181 on them, [fn]which should never H3808 come H935 about nor H3808 happen. H1961
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:29 - “Then I said H559 to them, ‘What H4100 is the high H1116 place H1116 to which H834 you go?’ H935 So its name H8034 is called H7121 [fn]Bamah H1117 to this H2088 day.”’ H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “Because H3282 the enemy H340 has spoken H559 against H5921 you, ‘Aha!’ H1889 and, ‘The everlasting H5769 [fn]heights H1116 have become H1961 our possession,’ H4181
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 this is the place H4725 of My throne H3678 and the place H4725 of the soles H3709 of My feet, H7272 where H834 H8033 I will dwell H7931 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 forever. H5769 And the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will not again H5750 defile H2930 My holy H6944 name, H8034 neither they nor H3808 their kings, H4428 by their harlotry H2184 and by the [fn]corpses H6297 of their kings H4428 [fn]when they die, H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - Also the high H1116 places H1116 of Aven, H206 the sin H2398 of Israel, H3478 will be destroyed; H8045
Thorn H6975 and thistle H1863 will grow H5927 on their altars; H4196
Then they will say H559 to the mountains, H2022
“Cover H3680 us!” And to the hills, H1389 “Fall H5307 on us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For behold, H2009 He who forms H3335 mountains H2022 and creates H1254 the wind H7307
And declares H5046 to man H120 what H4100 are His thoughts, H7808
He who makes H6213 dawn H7837 into darkness H5890
And treads H1869 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth, H776
The LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 is His name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - “The high H1116 places H1116 of Isaac H3327 will be desolated H8074
And the sanctuaries H4720 of Israel H3478 laid H2717 waste. H2717
Then I will rise H6965 up against H5921 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 with the sword.” H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:3 - For behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 is coming H3318 forth H3318 from His place. H4725
He will come H3381 down H3381 and tread H1869 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the [fn]earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - All H3605 this H2088 is for the rebellion H6588 of Jacob H3290
And for the sins H2403 of the house H1004 of Israel. H3478
What H4310 is the rebellion H6588 of Jacob? H3290
Is it not Samaria? H8111
What H4310 is the high H1116 [fn]place H1116 of Judah? H3063
Is it not Jerusalem? H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore, H3651 on account H1558 of you
Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 as a field, H7704
Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 a heap H5856 of ruins, H5856
And the mountain H2022 of the [fn]temple H1004 will become high H1116 places H1116 of a forest. H3293
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 is my strength, H2428
And He has made H7760 my feet H7272 like hinds’ H355 feet,
And makes me walk H1869 on my high H1116 places. H1116
For the choir H5329 director, H5329 on my stringed H5058 instruments. H5058

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