High place
רָמָהStrong’s H7413ramah (ra-mah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ramah is the Hebrew word usually translated “at the high place”, “high place” and “high place your”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)”
Meaning
- Height, high placeas place of illicit worship
How it's translated
- at the high place 1
- a high place 1
- high place your 1
- and high place your 1
- high places your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- 1 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 16:24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
- Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
- Ezekiel 16:39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Hebrew dictionary
רָמָה ramah · high place
1) height, high place 1a) as place of illicit worship
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.