H1116 בָּמָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 102 KJV occurrences
בָּמָה
bâmâh · bam-maw'
Definition
an elevation
KJV Renderings
height, high place, wave.
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root (meaning to be high);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 102)
- Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- 2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- 2 Kings 23:15¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
- 2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- Psalms 18:33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
- Ezekiel 6:3And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.