Definition

Baale-Bamoth, a place East of the Jordan

Etymology

from the plural of H1168 (בַּעַל) and the plural of H1116 (בָּמָה); Baals of (the) heights;

Where the KJV renders it

• lords of the high places

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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