Quick Definition
high place
Strong's Definition
an elevation
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be high);
KJV Usage: height, high place, wave.
TWOT Reference: 253
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)
1a) high place, mountain
1b) high places, battlefields
1c) high places (as places of worship)
1d) funeral mound?
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)
1a) high place, mountain
1b) high places, battlefields
1c) high places (as places of worship)
1d) funeral mound?
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּמָה
bâmâh
BDB Definition:
1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)
1a) high place, mountain
1b) high places, battlefields
1c) high places (as places of worship)
1d) funeral mound?
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 253
Total KJV Occurrences: 102