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Strong's #894 - בָּבֶל

Transliteration

Bâbel

Phonetics

baw-bel'

Origin

from (H1101)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

197

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"
Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 897 ‑ Βαβυλών (bab‑oo‑lone'); 4799 ‑ σύγχυσις (soong'‑khoo‑sis);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (259)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

BSB (255)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

CSB (235)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

ESV (255)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 167

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

KJV (262)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

LEB (259)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

LSB (259)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

N95 (256)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

NAS (259)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (259)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 32

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 9

Ezra 6

Nehemiah 2

Esther 1

Psalms 3

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 169

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Zechariah 2

ASV (259)

against babylon 6

and babylon 3

and shalt come even unto babylon 1

at babylon 1

babel 1

babylon 5

be upon babylon 1

by babylon 1

captive to babylon 1

concerning babylon 2

even from babylon 1

for babylon 1

for joy over babylon 1

from babylon 10

him to babylon 7

how is babylon 2

in babylon 2

into babylon 1

is against babylon 1

is babylon 1

layeth babylon 1

men from babylon 1

not to babylon 1

o babylon 1

of babylon 149

of babylon's 6

of them to babylon 2

on babylon 1

so at babylon 1

that are in babylon 1

that were with him in babylon 2

them to babylon 2

them to him to babylon 1

though babylon 1

thus shall babylon 1

to babylon 24

unto babylon 6

unto me, even from babylon 1

unto us in babylon 1

upon babylon 2

upon her, even upon babylon 1

was babel 1

with me from babylon 1

with me into babylon 2

BSB (255)

against babylon 1

and babylon 2

are in babylon 1

away to babylon 1

babel 1

babylon 35

babylon''s 2

because of babylon 1

comes from babylon 1

concerning babylon 1

from babylon 11

him in babylon 1

him to babylon 5

in babylon 9

me to babylon 1

o babylon 1

of babylon 135

of babylon''s 4

over babylon 2

people from babylon 1

to babylon 38

where 1

CSB (235)

against babylon 1

babylon 201

babylon - those 1

babylon' - this 1

babylon's 20

babylon.' 1

in babylon 3

of babylon 7

ESV (255)

babel 2

babylon 248

babylonia 5

KJV (262)

babel 2

babylon 248

babylon's 8

babylon) 1

babylonians 3

LEB (259)

⌊babylon⌋ 1

against babylon 1

and babylon 3

and brought him to babylon 1

and to babylon 2

are in babylon 1

babel 2

babylon 189

babylonia 6

for babylon 1

for us in babylon' 1

from babylon 1

him in babylon 1

him to babylon 6

in babylon 2

me to babylon 2

o babylon 1

of babylon 1

shall babylon 1

them to babylon 3

to babylon 27

to babylon on account of 1

to babylonia 1

to bring him to babylon 1

us in babylon 1

us to babylon 1

were with him in babylon 1

LSB (259)

babel 2

babylon 257

N95 (256)

babel 2

babylon 254

NAS (259)

babel 2

babylon 257

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (259)

against babylon 6

and babylon 1

and will come even to babylon 1

at babylon 1

babel 1

babylon 8

be on babylon 1

by babylon 1

captive to babylon 1

concerning babylon 2

even from babylon 1

for babylon 1

for joy over babylon 1

from babylon 10

him to babylon 7

how is babylon 2

in babylon 2

into babylon 1

is against babylon 1

is babylon 1

lays babylon 1

men from babylon 1

of babylon 148

on babylon 3

so at babylon 1

them to babylon 2

them to him to babylon 1

though babylon 1

thus shall babylon 1

to babylon 33

to us in babylon 1

was babel 1

who are in babylon 1

who were with him in babylon 2

with me from babylon 1

with me into babylon 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בָּבֶ֫ל₂₆₂ proper name, of a location Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bab-ilu, gate of god Dl^{Pa 212}, compare on other hand Jen^{Kosmol. 498}) — with ָ ה locative בָּבֶ֫לָה Ezekiel 12:13 +, בָּבֶ֑לָה 2 Kings 20:17 #NAME?מִבָּבֶ֫לָה Jeremiah 27:16; — the ancient capital of Babylonia, modern Hillah, situated on Euphrates, in long. approximately 440 30° east, and latitude approximately 320 50° north; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:9 (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not elsewhere in Hexateuch; 2 Kings 17:24 31t. 2Kings; 18t. Chronicles; Esther 2:6; late Psalm 87:4; Psalm 137:1; Psalm 137:8; Isa²; Isa³, namely Isaiah 13:1,19; Isaiah 14:4,22; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 39:1,3,6,7; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:14,20; Micah 4:10 (but here probably not original, compare RS^{Proph. vii. n. 5 & references}) Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 6:10; Daniel 1:1; Ezekiel 12:13 19t. Ezekiel; Jeremiah 20:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 20:5,6 165t. Jeremiah — note especially ׳אֶרֶץ בּ Jeremiah 50:28; also of land & people = realm, particular in ׳מֶלֶךְ בּ 2 Kings 20:12 of Merodach Baladan; 2 Kings 20:18; 2 Kings 24:1,7,11,12 (twice in verse) + often of Nebuchadrezzar; 2 Kings 25:27 = Jeremiah 52:31 compare Jeremiah 52:34 of Evil-Merodach; Nehemiah 13:6 of Artaxerxes; the city personified as בַּת בָּבֶל Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 50:42. (See Dl^{Pa 212} COT Genesis 11:9 KG⁹⁵.)

בָּבֶל proper name, of a location Babylon (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Daniel 2:12 15t. Daniel; 9t. Ezra.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּבֶל (i.e. “confusion,” for בַּלְבֵּל from the root בָּלַל, Genesis 11:9 compare Syr. ܒܳܒܥܳ confusion of speech, stammering, and as to the casting away of the second letter, see טוֹטָפָה for טָפְטָפָה, Lehrgeb. 134, 869; others [who reject the Scripture account as to the origin of the name, and follow their own fancies] make it i.q. باب بل gate, i.e. hall of Belus), pr.n. [Babel], Babylon, a very ancient and celebrated city of Asia, the metropolis of Babylonia, Genesis 10:10; 2 Kings 17:24, 20:12, seq.; Micah 4:10, etc., situated in Lat. 32°, 32´, on both banks of the Euphrates; its ruins still exist in the neighbourhood of the city of Hella (حاّة), and they have been of late accurately and learnedly described. See Herod. i. 178, 183. Strabo, xvi. 1, § 6. Ker Porter, Travels, ii. p. 283, seq. Heeren, Hist. Werke, xi. 158, seq. Germ. Encycl. v. Babylon. The name of the city was applied to the province of Babylonia, Psalms 87:4, 137:1 Isaiah 14:4, whence there is often mentioned מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל “the king of Babylonia;” a name also given to the kings of Persia, as to Cyrus, Ezra 5:13 to Artaxerxes, Nehemiah 13:6 compare אַשּׁוּר.

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List of Word Forms

בְּבָבֶ֔ל בְּבָבֶ֖ל בְּבָבֶ֗ל בְּבָבֶֽל׃ בָּ֠בֶל בָּבֶ֑ל בָּבֶ֑לָה בָּבֶ֔ל בָּבֶ֔לָה בָּבֶ֕ל בָּבֶ֖ל בָּבֶ֖לָה בָּבֶ֗ל בָּבֶ֗לָה בָּבֶ֛ל בָּבֶ֜ל בָּבֶ֡ל בָּבֶ֣ל ׀ בָּבֶ֤ל בָּבֶ֤ל ׀ בָּבֶ֥ל בָּבֶ֥לָה בָּבֶ֧ל בָּבֶֽלָה׃ בָּבֶֽל׃ בָּבֶל֒ בָּבֶל֙ בָּבֶל֩ בָּבֶל֮ בָבֶ֔ל בָבֶ֔לָה בָבֶ֖ל בָבֶ֗ל בָבֶ֗לָה בָבֶ֙לָה֙ בָבֶ֜ל בָבֶ֣ל בָבֶ֨ל ׀ בָבֶֽל׃ בָבֶל֙ בבבל בבבל׃ בבל בבל׃ בבלה בבלה׃ וּבָבֶ֗ל וּבָבֶ֞ל וּבָבֶ֣ל וּבָבֶ֥ל ובבל לְבָבֶ֑ל לְבָבֶ֖ל לְבָבֶ֛ל לְבָבֶ֜ל לְבָבֶ֤ל ׀ לְבָבֶ֥ל לבבל מִבָּבֶ֑ל מִבָּבֶ֔ל מִבָּבֶ֖ל מִבָּבֶ֖לָה מִבָּבֶ֡ל מִבָּבֶֽל׃ מִבָּבֶל֮ מבבל מבבל׃ מבבלה bā·ḇe·lāh ḇā·ḇe·lāh bā·ḇel ḇā·ḇel bāḇel ḇāḇel bāḇelāh ḇāḇelāh baVel baVelah bə·ḇā·ḇel bəḇāḇel bevaVel lə·ḇā·ḇel ləḇāḇel levaVel mib·bā·ḇe·lāh mib·bā·ḇel mibbāḇel mibbāḇelāh mibbaVel mibbaVelah ū·ḇā·ḇel ūḇāḇel uvaVel vaVel vaVelah