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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - He set up priests of his own for the high H1116 places, H1116 for the satyrs 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 removed the foreign altars and high H1116 places, H1116 tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the [fn]Asherim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - He also removed the high H1116 places H1116 and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - But the high H1116 places H1116 were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - [fn]He took great pride in the ways of the LORD and again removed the high H1116 places H1116 and the Asherim from Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - The high H1116 places, H1116 however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:11 - Moreover, he made high H1116 places H1116 in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot and led Judah astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the [fn]Asherim and pulled down the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, [fn]until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - ‘Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high H1116 places H1116 and His altars, and said to Judah and [fn]Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall [fn]burn incense”?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt the high H1116 places H1116 which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made [fn]Asherim, and worshiped 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 still sacrificed in the high H1116 places, H1116 although only to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high H1116 places H1116 and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the [fn]Hozai.

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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 still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high H1116 places, H1116 the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - Who alone stretches out the heavens
And [fn]tramples down the waves H1116 of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me upon my high H1116 places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:58

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - For they provoked Him with their high H1116 places H1116
And aroused His 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 make myself like the Most High.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:2 - They have gone up to the [fn]temple and to Dibon, even to the high H1116 places H1116 to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is bald and every beard is cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high H1116 place H1116
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - “But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is it not He whose high H1116 places H1116 and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then you will take delight in the LORD,
And I will make you ride on the heights H1116 of the earth;
And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - “They have built the high H1116 places H1116 of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My [fn]mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:3 - O mountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty,
Your high H1116 places H1116 for sin throughout your borders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My [fn]mind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - “[fn]Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the LORD of hosts has said,
“Zion will be plowed as a field,
And Jerusalem will become ruins,
And the mountain of the house as the [fn]high H1116 places H1116 of a forest.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - “They built the high H1116 places H1116 of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it [fn]entered 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 - “I will make an end of Moab,” declares the LORD, “the one who offers sacrifice on the high H1116 place H1116 and the one who [fn]burns incense to his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:3 - and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord [fn]GOD! Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: “Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high H1116 places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “In all your dwellings, cities will become waste and the high H1116 places H1116 will be desolate, that your altars may become waste and [fn]desolate, your idols may be broken and brought to an end, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:16 - “You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high H1116 places H1116 of various colors and played the harlot on them, [fn]which should never come about nor happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:29 - “Then I said to them, ‘What is the high H1116 place H1116 to which you go?’ So its name is called [fn]Bamah to this day.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:2 - ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting [fn]heights H1116 have become our possession,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the [fn]corpses of their kings [fn]when they die,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - Also the high H1116 places H1116 of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;
Then they will say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth,
The LORD God of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - “The high H1116 places H1116 of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up 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 is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high H1116 places H1116 of the [fn]earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - All this is for the rebellion of Jacob
And for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Is it not Samaria?
What is the high H1116 [fn]place H1116 of Judah?
Is it not Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Therefore, on account of you
Zion will be plowed as a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the [fn]temple will become high H1116 places H1116 of a forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The Lord [fn]GOD is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high H1116 places. H1116
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

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