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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 3 / 5 (Jer 29:22–Jer 50:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:22 - And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, H894 saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon H894 roasted in the fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:28 - For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, H894 saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - For then the king of Babylon's H894 army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, H894 and he shall take it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4 - And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, H894 and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5 - And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, H894 and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, H894 and he shall take it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:36 - And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon H894 by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:1 - The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, H894 and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, H894 and he shall burn it with fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, H894 and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - When the king of Babylon's H894 army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:21 - And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's H894 army, which are gone up from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11 - But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon H894 shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 made king in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon H894 shall not come against you, nor against this land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's H894 army, which shall take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's H894 princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's H894 princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's H894 princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: H894 and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:1 - In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:3 - And all the princes of the king of Babylon H894 came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon H894 to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:6 - Then the king of Babylon H894 slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon H894 slew all the nobles of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7 - Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:9 - Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon H894 the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:11 - Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:13 - So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's H894 princes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, H894 come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, H894 forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon H894 hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon H894 had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, H894 and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon H894 had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon H894 had made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon H894 made governor in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:11 - Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, H894 of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, H894 my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, H894 his enemy, and that sought his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 should come and smite the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:26 - And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, H894 and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon H894 hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1 - The word that the LORD spake against Babylon H894 and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon H894 is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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