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Lexicon :: Strong's G897 - babylōn

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Βαβυλών
Transliteration
babylōn (Key)
Pronunciation
bab-oo-lone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin בָּבֶל (H894)
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TDNT Reference: 1:514,89

Strong’s Definitions

Βαβυλών Babylṓn, bab-oo-lone'; of Hebrew origin (H894); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)):—Babylon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G897 in the following manner: Babylon (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G897 in the following manner: Babylon (12x).

  1. Babylon = "confusion"

    1. a very large and famous city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed the temple of Belis. At length the city was reduced to almost solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighbouring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor.

    2. of the territory of Babylonia

    3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Βαβυλών Babylṓn, bab-oo-lone'; of Hebrew origin (H894); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)):—Babylon.
STRONGS G897:
Βαβυλών, -ῶνος, ἡ, (Hebrew בָּבֶל from בָּלַל to confound, according to Genesis 11:9; cf. Aeschylus Pers. 52 Βαβυλὼν δ’ ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλον πέμπει σύρδην. But more correctly, as it seems, from בַּל בָּאב the gate i. e. the court or city of Belus [Assyrian Bâb-Il the Gate of God; (perhaps of Il, the supreme God); cf. Schrader, Keilinschr. u. d. Alt. Test. 2te Aufl., p. 127f; Oppert in the Zeitsch. d. Deutsch. Morg. Gesellschaft, viii., p. 595]), Babylon, formerly a very celebrated and large city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed [?] the temple of Belus. At length the city was reduced almost to a solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighboring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor. [Cf. Prof. Rawlinson in B. D. under the word and his Herodotus, vol. i. Essays vi. and viii., vol. ii. Essay iv.] The name is used in the N. T.
1. of the city itself: Acts 7:43; 1 Peter 5:13 (where some have understood Babylon, a small town in Egypt, to be referred to; but in opposition cf. Mayerhoff, Einl. in die petrin. Schriften, p. 126ff; [cf. 3 at the end below]).
2. of the territory, Babylonia: Matthew 1:11f, 17; [often so in Greek writings].
3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity: Revelation 14:8 [here Rec.elz Βαβουλών]; Rev 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21 (in the opinion of some 1 Peter 5:13 also; [cf. 1 at the end, above]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:9
Matthew
1:11; 1:17
Acts
7:43
1 Peter
5:13; 5:13
Revelation
14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2; 18:10; 18:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G897 matches the Greek Βαβυλών (babylōn),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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“Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?

Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?

Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1

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A pronouncement concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

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And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,

the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,

will be like Sodom and Gomorrah

when God overthrew them.

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you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon and say:

How the oppressor has quieted down,

and how the raging[fn] has become quiet!

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“Look, riders come —

horsemen in pairs.”

And he answered, saying,

“Babylon has fallen, has fallen.

All the images of her gods

have been shattered on the ground.”

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Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say, and where did they come to you from? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

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“‘Look, the days are coming when everything in your palace and all that your predecessors have stored up until today will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.

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This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

Because of you, I will send an army[fn] to Babylon

and bring all of them as fugitives,[fn]

even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1

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“Go down and sit in the dust,

Virgin Daughter Babylon.

Sit on the ground without a throne,

Daughter Chaldea!

For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.

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“All of you, assemble and listen!

Who among the idols[fn] has declared these things?

The LORD loves him;[fn]

he will accomplish his will against Babylon,

and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

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Leave Babylon,

flee from the Chaldeans!

Declare with a shout of joy,

proclaim this,

let it go out to the end of the earth;

announce,

“The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob! ”

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