Bâmôwth — H1120

Definition

locative proper noun

Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan

1. Bamoth = "high places" or "great high place"
2. a town on the river Arnon in Moab

Usually translated as

Bamoth, Bamoth-baal

Origin

plural of H1116; heights; or (fully) Bâmôwth Baʻal; from the same and H1168; heights of Baal

• Derived from Bâmâh (H1116)
• Derived from Baʻal (H1168)

Occurrences

Bâmôwth occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Joshua (1)

• Numbers 21:19 — And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth (בָּמֽוֹת):
• Numbers 21:20 — And from Bamoth (וּמִבָּמ֗וֹת) in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
• Joshua 13:17 — Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal (וּבָמ֣וֹת), and Beth-baal-meon,