HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1117
בָּמָה
ba.mah — Bamah
Bamah = "high place" a place in Palestine (of places of idolatrous worship) Another name of giv.on (גִּבְעוֹן "Gibeon" H1391)
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Bamah
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1116
בָּמָה
ba.mah — high place
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?
85 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6215
עֵשָׂו
e.sav — Esau
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Also named: e.dom (אֱדוֹם "Edom" H0123H) § Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples
82 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7141
קֹ֫רַח
qo.rach — Korah
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5; son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H0173); brother of: Jeush (H3266) and Jalam (H3281); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464) and Reuel (H7467) § Korah = "bald" 1) son of Izhar, grandson of Kohath, great grandson of Levi and leader of the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron while in the wilderness; punished and died by an earthquake and flames of fire 2) the 3rd son of Esau by Aholibamah and one of the dukes of Edom 3) son of Eliphaz by Adah, duke of Edom, and nephew of 1 4) one of the 'sons' of Hebron
26 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6034
עֲנָה
a.nah — Anah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.2; daughter of: Zibeon (H6649); married to Beeri (H0882); mother of: Oholibamah (H0173) § Anah = "answer" 1) son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, a wife of Esau 2) a Horite chief 3) daughter of Zibeon
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3266
יְעוּשׁ
ye.ush — Jeush
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5; son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H0173); brother of: Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464) and Reuel (H7467) Also named: ye.ish (יְעִישׁ "Jeush" H3274) § Jehush or Jeush = "He hurries to aid" 1) son of Eshek, a remote descendant of king Saul 2) a Gershonite Levite of the house of Shimei 3) son of king Rehoboam of Judah
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H173
אׇהֳלִיבָמָה
o.ho.li.va.mah — Oholibamah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.2; her mother was Anah (H6034); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141) § Aholibamah = "tent of the high place" 1) wife of Esau 2) an Edomite chieftain
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6649
צִבְעוֹן
tsiv.on — Zibeon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.2; father of: Anah (H6034) § Zibeon = "coloured" 1) father of Anah, whose daughter Aholibamah married Esau 2) son of Seir the Horite 2a) maybe same as 1
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3281
יַעְלָם
ya.lam — Jalam
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5; son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H0173); brother of: Jeush (H3266) and Korah (H7141); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464) and Reuel (H7467) § Jaalam = "concealed" an Edomite, descendant of Esau
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H25
אֲבִי גִבְעוֹן
a.vi giv.on — Abi-gibeon
Abi Gibon = "father of Gibeon" site of great Bamah, location of the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place
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יְעִישׁ
ye.ish — Jeush
A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.5; son of: Esau (H6215) and Oholibamah (H0173); brother of: Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464) and Reuel (H7467) Another spelling of ye.ush (יְעוּשׁ "Jeush" H3266) § Jeush = "assembler" 1) son of Esau by Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, son of Zibeon the Hivite 2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan
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A height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols (Ezek. 20:29). The plural is translated “high places” in Num. 22:41 and Ezek. 36:2.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.