Quick Definition
high place
Strong's Definition
a height (as a seat of idolatry)
Derivation: feminine active participle of H7311 (רוּם);
KJV Usage: high place.
TWOT Reference: 2133d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָמָה (ra.mah) — high place. 1) height, high place 1a) as place of illicit worship
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · רום · רָמָתִי
Landforms
height, hill = an elevation of the earth’s surface rising gradually and to a relatively small height from the surrounding level; generally lower than a mountain
name
Names of Locations
Ramah = town; ◄ territory of Benjamin
JOS 18:25 · JDG 19:13 · 1KI 15:17 · 1KI 15:21 · 1KI 15:22 · 2CH 16:1 · 2CH 16:5 · 2CH 16:6 · EZR 2:26 · NEH 7:30 · NEH 11:33 · ISA 10:29 · JER 31:15 · JER 40:1 · HOS 5:8
Names of Locations
Ramah = town, also known as Ramathaim or Ramathaim Zophim; ◄ territory of Ephraim; ► residence of Samuel
JDG 4:5 · 1SA 1:19 · 1SA 2:11 · 1SA 7:17 · 1SA 8:4 · 1SA 15:34 · 1SA 16:13 · 1SA 19:18 · 1SA 19:19 · 1SA 19:22 · 1SA 19:22 · 1SA 19:23 · 1SA 19:23 · 1SA 20:1 · 1SA 25:1 · 1SA 28:3
Names of Locations
Collocation: רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה
Ramath-Mizpeh, Lookout Hill = location; ◄ territory of Gad
Names of Landforms
Collocation: רָמַת לֶחִי
Ramath Lehi, "Jawbone Hill" = hill ► where Samson killed many Philistines with a jawbone
Names of Locations | ≈ רָמֹות
Collocation: רָאמַת נֶגֶב
Ramah of the Negeb, Ramath-Negeb = town, also known as Ramoth-Negeb; ◄ territory of Simeon
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָמָה n.f. height, high-place base