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?
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H1116 — בָּמָה
ba.mah · high place · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Leviticus 26:30 · בָּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םAnd I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you;Numbers 21:28 · בָּמ֥וֹתFor fire hath gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, Owners of the high places of Arnon.Numbers 33:52 · בָּמֹתָ֖םthen ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,Deuteronomy 32:13 · בָּ֣מֳתֵיHe maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;Deuteronomy 33:29 · בָּמוֹתֵ֥ימוֹO thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who is the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.’1 Samuel 9:12 · בַּבָּמָֽה׃And they answer them and say, ‘He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.1 Samuel 9:13 · הַבָּמָ֜תָהAt your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.’1 Samuel 9:14 · הַבָּמָֽה׃ סAnd they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;1 Samuel 9:19 · הַבָּמָ֔הAnd Samuel answereth Saul and saith, ‘I am the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that is in thy heart I declare to thee.1 Samuel 9:25 · מֵהַבָּמָ֖הAnd they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.1 Samuel 10:5 · מֵֽהַבָּמָ֔הAfterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is, and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying;1 Samuel 10:13 · הַבָּמָֽה׃And he ceaseth from prophesying, and cometh in to the high place,2 Samuel 1:19 · בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָThe Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places is wounded; How have the mighty fallen!2 Samuel 1:25 · בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָHow have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded!2 Samuel 22:34 · בָּמוֹתַ֖יMaking my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,1 Kings 3:2 · בַּבָּמ֑וֹתOnly, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.1 Kings 3:3 · בַּבָּמ֔וֹתAnd Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father—only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume—1 Kings 3:4 · הַבָּמָ֣הand the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it is the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.1 Kings 11:7 · בָּמָ֗הThen doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;1 Kings 12:31 · בָּמ֑וֹתAnd he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;1 Kings 12:32 · הַבָּמ֖וֹתand Jeroboam maketh a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that is in Judah, and he offereth on the altar—so did he in Beth-El—to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he hath appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.1 Kings 13:2 · הַבָּמוֹת֙and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, ‘Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David—Josiah his name—and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.’1 Kings 13:32 · הַבָּמ֔וֹתfor the word certainly cometh to pass that he called by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar which is Beth-El, and concerning all the houses of the high places that are in cities of Samaria.’1 Kings 13:33 · בָמ֔וֹת · בָמֽוֹת׃After this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places.1 Kings 14:23 · בָּמ֥וֹתAnd they build—also they—for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;1 Kings 15:14 · וְהַבָּמ֖וֹתand the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days,2 Kings 12:3 · הַבָּמ֖וֹת · בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.2 Kings 14:4 · הַבָּמ֖וֹת · בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃only, the high places have not turned aside—yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.2 Kings 15:4 · הַבָּמ֖וֹת · בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃only, the high places have not turned aside—yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.2 Kings 15:35 · הַבָּמוֹת֙ · בַּבָּמ֑וֹתOnly, the high places have not turned aside—yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah.2 Kings 16:4 · בַּבָּמ֖וֹתand he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.2 Kings 17:9 · בָּמוֹת֙and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,2 Kings 17:11 · בָּמ֔וֹתand make perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah,2 Kings 17:29 · הַבָּמ֗וֹתand they are making each nation its gods, and place them in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling.2 Kings 17:32 · בָמ֔וֹת · הַבָּמֽוֹת׃And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places.2 Kings 18:4 · הַבָּמ֗וֹתhe hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it ‘a piece of brass.’2 Kings 18:22 · בָּמֹתָ֣יו‘And when ye say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?2 Kings 21:3 · הַבָּמ֔וֹתand he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.2 Kings 23:5 · בַּבָּמוֹת֙And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.2 Kings 23:8 · הַבָּמ֗וֹת · בָּמ֣וֹתAnd he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that are at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that is on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city;2 Kings 23:9 · הַבָּמ֔וֹתonly, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren.2 Kings 23:13 · הַבָּמ֞וֹתAnd the high places that are on the front of Jerusalem, that are on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.2 Kings 23:15 · הַבָּמָה֙ · הַבָּמָ֖ה · הַבָּמָ֛הand also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place—he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.2 Kings 23:19 · הַבָּמ֜וֹתAnd also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.2 Kings 23:20 · הַבָּמ֤וֹתAnd he slayeth all the priests of the high places who are there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 16:39 · בַּבָּמָ֖הand Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, in a high place that is in Gibeon,1 Chronicles 21:29 · בַּבָּמָ֖הand the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, are at that time in a high place, in Gibeon;2 Chronicles 1:3 · לַבָּמָ֖הand they go—Solomon, and all the assembly with him—to the high place that is in Gibeon, for there hath been God’s tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of Jehovah, made in the wilderness,2 Chronicles 1:13 · לַבָּמָ֤הAnd Solomon cometh in from the high place that is in Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel,2 Chronicles 11:15 · לַבָּמ֖וֹתand he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made—2 Chronicles 14:3 · וְהַבָּמ֑וֹתand turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,2 Chronicles 14:5 · הַבָּמ֖וֹתand he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.2 Chronicles 15:17 · וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹתyet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.2 Chronicles 17:6 · הַבָּמ֥וֹתand his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah.2 Chronicles 20:33 · הַבָּמ֖וֹתOnly, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 21:11 · בָמ֖וֹתalso, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah.2 Chronicles 28:4 · בַּבָּמ֖וֹתand sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree.2 Chronicles 28:25 · בָמ֔וֹתAnd in every city and city of Judah he hath made high places to make perfume to other gods, and provoketh Jehovah, God of his fathers.2 Chronicles 31:1 · הַ֠בָּמוֹתAnd at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.2 Chronicles 32:12 · בָּמֹתָ֖יוHath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places, and His altars, and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar ye bow yourselves, and on it ye make perfume?2 Chronicles 33:3 · הַבָּמ֔וֹתand he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.2 Chronicles 33:17 · בַּבָּמ֑וֹתbut still the people are sacrificing in high places, only—to Jehovah their God.2 Chronicles 33:19 · בָּמוֹת֙and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.2 Chronicles 34:3 · הַבָּמוֹת֙And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.Job 9:8 · בָּ֥מֳתֵיStretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,Psalm 18:33 · בָּ֝מֹתַ֗יMaking my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.Psalm 78:58 · בְּבָמוֹתָ֑םAnd make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,Isaiah 14:14 · בָּ֣מֳתֵיI go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.Isaiah 15:2 · הַבָּמ֖וֹתHe hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places—to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads is baldness, every beard cut off.Isaiah 16:12 · הַבָּמָ֑הAnd it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able.Isaiah 36:7 · בָּמֹתָ֣יו‘And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?Isaiah 58:14 · בָּ֣מֳתֵיThen dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!Jeremiah 7:31 · בָּמ֣וֹתAnd have built the high places of Tophet, That are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.Jeremiah 17:3 · בָּמֹתֶ֕יךָO My mountain in the field—thy strength, All thy treasures—for a prey I give, Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.Jeremiah 19:5 · בָּמ֣וֹתand have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.Jeremiah 26:18 · לְבָמ֥וֹת‘Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.Jeremiah 32:35 · בָּמ֨וֹתAnd they build the high places of Baal, that are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come up on my heart to do this abomination, so as to cause Judah to sin.Jeremiah 48:35 · בָמָ֔הAnd I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.Hosea 10:8 · בָּמ֣וֹתAnd destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.Amos 4:13 · בָּ֣מֳתֵיFor, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what is His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, is His name!Amos 7:9 · בָּמ֣וֹתAnd desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.’Micah 1:3 · בָּ֥מֳתֵיFor lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.Micah 1:5 · בָּמ֣וֹתFor 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 the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?Micah 3:12 · לְבָמ֥וֹתTherefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house is for high places of a forest!Habakkuk 3:19 · בָּמוֹתַ֖יJehovah the Lord is my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!