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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• High Places
Scofield Reference Index
• High Places
Thompson Chain Reference
• High Places
Torrey Topical Textbook
• High Places
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• High Places
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• High Places
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• High Place
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• High Places
Holman Bible Dictionary
• High Place
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• High Place, Sanctuary
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• High Place
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Places, High
• High Places
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• High Places
People's Bible Dictionary
• High Places
Smith Bible Dictionary
• High Places
• High Place
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• High Places
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• High Place
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• High Place
• Place, Broad High
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• High Places and Groves
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• High Place
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• High Places
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• High Place
Lexicons
• ܪܰܘܡܳܐ
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Idol, Grove, High Place
• The High Place
• בָּמָה
• בַּעַל , בָּמָה
• מָרוֹם
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Elevated spots on which altars were erected for worship in the rude belief that, as they were nearer heaven than the plains and valleys, they were more favourable places for prayer. The practice of worship on these spots, though from the first forbidden, became frequent among the Jews, and was with difficulty abolished, though denounced time after time by the prophets as an affront to Jehovah.