Strong’s H1116 · Hebrew

בָּמָה
bâmâh
bam-maw'

Definition

an elevation

Etymology

from an unused root (meaning to be high);

How the KJV renders it

  • height
  • high place
  • wave

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.