high place
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nounDefinition of HIGH PLACE
: a temple or altar used by the ancient Semites and built usually on a hill or elevation
First Known Use of HIGH PLACE
14th century
high place
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In ancient Israel or Canaan, a shrine built on an elevated site. For Canaanites the shrines were devoted to fertility deities, to the Baals, or to the Semitic goddesses called the Asherot. The shrines often included an altar and a sacred object such as a stone pillar or wooden pole. One of the oldest known high places, dating from c. 2500 BC, is at Megiddo. The Israelites also associated elevated places with the divine presence, and after conquering Canaan they used Canaanite high places to worship Yahweh (God). Later the Temple of Jerusalem on Mount Zion became the only accepted high place.
Variants of HIGH PLACE
high place Hebrew bama.
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