Ramah רָמָה
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| רָמָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ramah |
| Strong's number | H7413 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | high place |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (4) |
Ramah (Hebrew רָמָה, Strong's H7413) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “high place”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) height, high place
1a) as place of illicit worship
1a) as place of illicit worship
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | place (3), places (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your lofty shrines (3), hill (1), lofty shrine (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ramah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 22:6When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 16:24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
- Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Ezekiel 16:39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).