bamah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
bamah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols (Ezek. 20:29). The plural is translated "high places" in Num. 22:41 and Ezek. 36:2.
bamah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(high place). Found only in #Eze 20:29| applied to places of idolatrous worship.
bamah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BA'MAH (high place), the name applied to idolatrous places of worship. Eze 20:29.
bamah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Ezekiel 20:29; "What is the high place whereunto ye hie habaim, alliteration to Bamah? And the name thereof is called. Bamah (i.e. "high place", akin to the Greek pagan bomos) unto this day." The very name implies the place is not sanctioned by ME; (God); it implies its own paganness: My place is called mizbeach, "altar." Your sacrifices even to ME on a "high place" instead of My "altar" in the temple, were therefore a "provocation," Ezekiel 20:28 (Deuteronomy 12:1-5)