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Lexicon :: Strong's H894 - bāḇel

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בָּבֶל
Transliteration
bāḇel
Pronunciation
baw-vel'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 197

Strong’s Definitions

בָּבֶל Bâbel, baw-bel'; from H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:—Babel, Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x

The KJV translates Strong's H894 in the following manner: Babylon (257x), Babylonian (with H1121) (3x), Babel (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 262x
The KJV translates Strong's H894 in the following manner: Babylon (257x), Babylonian (with H1121) (3x), Babel (2x).

  1. Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

    1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּבֶל Bâbel, baw-bel'; from H1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:—Babel, Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H894: Abbreviations
בָּבֶ֫ל 262 proper name, of a location Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bab-ilu, gate of god DlPa 212, compare on other hand JenKosmol. 498) — with ָ  ה locative בָּבֶ֫לָה Ezekiel 12:13 +, בָּבֶ֑לָה 2 Kings 20:17 —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 + 31 times 2 Kings; + 18 times 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 RSProph. vii. n. 5 & references) Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 6:10; Daniel 1:1; Ezekiel 12:13 + 19 times Ezekiel; Jeremiah 20:4 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 20:5, 6 165 times 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 DlPa 212 COT Genesis 11:9 KG95.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H895.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:10; 11:9; 11:9

2 Kings

17:24; 20:12; 20:17; 20:18; 24:1; 24:7; 24:11; 24:12; 25:27

Nehemiah

13:6

Esther

2:6

Psalms

87:4; 137:1; 137:8

Isaiah

13:1; 13:19; 14:4; 14:22; 21:9; 39:1; 39:3; 39:6; 39:7; 43:14; 47:1; 47:1; 48:14; 48:20

Jeremiah

20:1; 20:4; 20:5; 20:6; 27:16; 50:28; 50:42; 52:31; 52:34

Ezekiel

12:13; 12:13

Daniel

1:1

Micah

4:10

Zechariah

2:11; 6:10

H894

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Strong's Number H894 matches the Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel),
which occurs 262 times in 233 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 10:10–Isa 13:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and made them dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:12 - At that time Berodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, from Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - Behold, days come that all that is in thy house, and what thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be chamberlains in the palace of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1 - In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim was his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the torrent of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - And Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his chamberlains; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his chamberlains, and the mighty of the land, he led into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - and all the men of valour, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all strong men apt for war, and the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:1 - And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built turrets against it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the brass thereof to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left behind, over them he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah swore unto them and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - and he spoke kindly to him, and set his seat above the seat of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:7 - And Nebuchadnezzar carried part of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, he brought all to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - -- this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - And during all that time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among them that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this man was born there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:1 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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