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Lexicon :: Strong's H895 - bāḇel

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בָּבֶל
Transliteration
bāḇel
Pronunciation
baw-vel'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בָּבֶל (H894)
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TWOT Reference: 197

Strong’s Definitions

בַּבֶל Babel, baw-bel'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H894:—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: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H895 in the following manner: Babylon (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H895 in the following manner: Babylon (25x).

  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)
בַּבֶל Babel, baw-bel'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H894:—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 H895: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

בָּבֶל proper name, of a location Babylon (Biblical Hebrew H894 id.); — Daniel 2:12 + 15 times Daniel; + 9 times Ezra.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:12

H895

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Strong's Number H895 matches the Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1 - King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits[fn] and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared[fn] to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.
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