Definition

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

Etymology

plural of H1116 (בָּמָה); heights; or (fully) בָּמוֹת בַּעַל; from the same and H1168 (בַּעַל); heights of Baal;

Where the KJV renders it

• Bamoth
• Bamoth-baal

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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