Strong H11202 sensesבָּמוֹת

Bamoth

Transliteration
bâmôth bâmôth ba‛al
Pronunciation
{baw-moth'} baw-moth' bah'-al

Meaning of the name

Bamoth = "high places" or "great high place"

The 2 senses of Strong H1120

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1120 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Israelite encampment in Moab during the Exodus.H1120G2 verses · Numbers
  2. Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam.H1120H2 verses · Numbers, Joshua

General definition

Plural of H1116; heights; the second form is a more complete form of the first form; from the same and H1168; heights of Baal;
Bamoth or Bamoth {Baal} a place East of the Jordan: - {Bamoth} Bamoth-baal.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • bamoth2
  • baal1
  • –1

First verses

  1. Numbers 21:19
    And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
  2. Numbers 21:20
    And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
  3. Numbers 22:41
    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
  4. Joshua 13:17
    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,