Bamah
בָּמָהStrong’s H1391bamah (ba-mah)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bamah is the Hebrew word usually translated “gibeon”, “at gibeon” and “from gibeon”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,”
Meaning
- Bamah = "high place"
How it's translated
- gibeon 18
- at gibeon 8
- in gibeon 5
- from gibeon 3
- gibeon towards 2
- and in gibeon 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 13
- 2 Samuel 6
- 1 Chronicles 6
- 1 Kings 3
- Jeremiah 3
- 2 Chronicles 2
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 9:17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
- Joshua 10:1Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
- Joshua 10:2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- Joshua 10:4Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- Joshua 10:5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּמָה bamah · Bamah
Bamah = "high place" a place in Palestine (of places of idolatrous worship) Another name of giv.on (גִּבְעוֹן "Gibeon" H1391)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.