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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

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Strong's Number G897 matches the Greek Βαβυλών (babylōn),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:11 - Josiah G2502 became G1080 the father G1080 of [fn]Jeconiah G2423 and his brothers, G80 at the time G1909 of the deportation G3350 to Babylon. G897

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:12 - After G3326 the deportation G3350 to Babylon: G897 Jeconiah G2423 became G1080 the father G1080 of [fn]Shealtiel, G4528 and Shealtiel G4528 the father G1080 of Zerubbabel. G2216

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:17 - So G3767 all G3956 the generations G1074 from Abraham G11 to David G1138 are fourteen G1180 generations; G1074 from David G1138 to the deportation G3350 to Babylon, G897 fourteen G1180 generations; G1074 and from the deportation G3350 to Babylon G897 to [fn]the Messiah, G5547 fourteen G1180 generations. G1074

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:43 - ‘YOU ALSO G2532 TOOK G353 ALONG THE TABERNACLE G4633 OF MOLOCH G3434 AND THE STAR G798 OF THE GOD G2316 [fn]ROMPHA G4481, THE IMAGES G5179 WHICH G3739 YOU MADE G4160 TO WORSHIP G4352. I ALSO G2532 WILL REMOVE G3351 YOU BEYOND G1900 BABYLON G897.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:13 - She who is in Babylon, G897 chosen G4899 together G4899 with you, sends G782 you greetings, G782 and so does my son, G5207 Mark. G3138

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:8 - And another G243 angel, G32 a second G1208 one, G1208 followed, G190 saying, G3004 “[fn]Fallen, G4098 fallen G4098 is Babylon G897 the great, G3173 she who G3739 has made G4222 all G3956 the nations G1484 drink G4222 of the wine G3631 of the [fn]passion G2372 of her immorality.” G4202

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:19 - The great G3173 city G4172 was split G1096 into three G5140 parts, G3313 and the cities G4172 of the [fn]nations G1484 fell. G4098 Babylon G897 the great G3173 was remembered G3403 before G1799 God, G2316 to give G1325 her the cup G4221 of the wine G3631 of [fn]His fierce G2372 wrath. G3709

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - and on her forehead G3359 a name G3686 was written, G1125 a mystery, G3466 “BABYLON G897 THE GREAT, G3173 THE MOTHER G3384 OF HARLOTS G4204 AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS G946 OF THE EARTH.” G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried G2896 out with a mighty G2478 voice, G5456 saying, G3004 “[fn]Fallen, G4098 fallen G4098 is Babylon G897 the great! G3173 She has become G1096 a dwelling G2732 place G2732 of demons G1140 and a [fn]prison G5438 of every G3956 unclean G169 spirit, G4151 and a [fn]prison G5438 of every G3956 unclean G169 and hateful G3404 bird. G3732

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - standing G2476 at a distance G3113 because G1223 of the fear G5401 of her torment, G929 saying, G3004 ‘Woe, G3759 woe, G3759 the great G3173 city, G4172 Babylon, G897 the strong G2478 city! G4172 For in one G1520 hour G5610 your judgment G2920 has come.’ G2064

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:21 - Then G2532 [fn]a strong G2478 angel G32 took G142 up a stone G3037 like G5613 a great G3173 millstone G6061 and threw G906 it into the sea, G2281 saying, G3004 “So G3779 will Babylon, G897 the great G3173 city, G4172 be thrown G906 down with violence, G3731 and will not be found G2147 any G2089 longer. G2089
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