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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)
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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

H1116

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - And he ordained him priests for the high places, H1116 and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, H1116 and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places H1116 and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - But the high places H1116 were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places H1116 and groves out of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - Howbeit the high places H1116 were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover he made high places H1116 in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, H1116 and on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - And in every several city of Judah he made high places H1116 to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places H1116 and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places H1116 and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he built again the high places H1116 which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, H1116 yet unto the LORD their God only.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, H1116 and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, H1116 and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves H1116 of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:58

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - For they provoked him to anger with their high places, H1116 and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights H1116 of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, H1116 to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, H1116 that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places H1116 and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places H1116 of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And they have built the high places H1116 of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places H1116 for sin, throughout all thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - They have built also the high places H1116 of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places H1116 of a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - And they built the high places H1116 of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, H1116 and him that burneth incense to his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places H1116 shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:16 - And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places H1116 with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:29 - Then I said unto them, What is the high place H1116 whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places H1116 are ours in possession:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places H1116 also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - 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 H1116 of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And the high places H1116 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:3 - For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places H1116 of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places H1116 of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places H1116 of the forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. H1116 To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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