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Strong H1120H1120Hבָּמוֹת

Bamoth

One of the 2 senses of Strong H1120

Transliteration
bâmôth bâmôth ba‛al
Pronunciation
{baw-moth'} baw-moth' bah'-al
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Bamoth-baal was a Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam to curse Israel. (Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17; Numbers 21:28)

Meaning of the name

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

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 biblical story

Bamoth-baal

Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam.

Bamoth-baal was a Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam to curse Israel. (Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17; Numbers 21:28)

In the Bible

Strong H1120H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • baal1
  • –1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. Joshua 13:17
    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
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