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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - fuit autem principium regni eius Babylon et Arach et Archad et Chalanne in terra Sennaar

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:9 - et idcirco vocatum est nomen eius Babel quia ibi confusum est labium universae terrae et inde dispersit eos Dominus super faciem cunctarum regionum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:24 - adduxit autem rex Assyriorum de Babylone et de Chutha et de Haiath et de Emath et de Sepharvaim et conlocavit eos in civitatibus Samariae pro filiis Israhel qui possederunt Samariam et habitaverunt in urbibus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:30 - viri enim babylonii fecerunt Socchothbenoth viri autem chutheni fecerunt Nergel et viri de Emath fecerunt Asima

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:12 - in tempore illo misit Berodach Baladan filius Baladan rex Babyloniorum litteras et munera ad Ezechiam audierat enim quod aegrotasset Ezechias

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - venit autem Esaias propheta ad regem Ezechiam dixitque ei quid dixerunt viri isti aut unde venerunt ad te cui ait Ezechias de terra longinqua venerunt de Babylone

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:17 - ecce dies venient et auferentur omnia quae sunt in domo tua et quae condiderunt patres tui usque in diem hanc in Babylone non remanebit quicquam ait Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - sed et de filiis tuis qui egredientur ex te quos generabis tollentur et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1 - in diebus eius ascendit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et factus est ei Ioiachim servus tribus annis et rursum rebellavit contra eum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - et ultra non addidit rex Aegypti ut egrederetur de terra sua tulerat enim rex Babylonis a rivo Aegypti usque ad fluvium Eufraten omnia quae fuerant regis Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - in tempore illo ascenderunt servi Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis in Hierusalem et circumdata est urbs munitionibus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - venitque Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ad civitatem cum servi eius obpugnarent eam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - egressusque est Ioiachin rex Iuda ad regem Babylonis ipse et mater eius et servi eius et principes eius et eunuchi eius et suscepit eum rex Babylonis anno octavo regni sui

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - transtulit quoque Ioiachin in Babylonem et matrem regis et uxores regis et eunuchos eius et iudices terrae duxit in captivitatem de Hierusalem in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - et omnes viros robustos septem milia et artifices et clusores mille omnes viros fortes et bellatores duxitque eos rex Babylonis captivos in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - et constituit Matthaniam patruum eius pro eo inposuitque nomen ei Sedeciam

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - irascebatur enim Dominus contra Hierusalem et contra Iudam donec proiceret eos a facie sua recessitque Sedecias a rege Babylonis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:1 - factum est autem anno nono regni eius mense decimo decima die mensis venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ipse et omnis exercitus eius in Hierusalem et circumdederunt eam et extruxerunt in circuitu eius munitiones

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:6 - adprehensum ergo regem duxerunt ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha qui locutus est cum eo iudicium

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - filios autem Sedeciae occidit coram eo et oculos eius effodit vinxitque eum catenis et adduxit in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - mense quinto septima die mensis ipse est annus nonusdecimus regis Babylonis venit Nabuzardan princeps exercitus servus regis Babylonis Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - reliquam autem populi partem qui remanserat in civitate et perfugas qui transfugerant ad regem Babylonis et reliquum vulgus transtulit Nabuzardan princeps militiae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - columnas autem aereas quae erant in templo Domini et bases et mare aereum quod erat in domo Domini confregerunt Chaldei et transtulerunt aes omnium in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:20 - quos tollens Nabuzardan princeps militum duxit ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - percussitque eos rex Babylonis et interfecit in Reblatha in terra Emath et translatus est Iuda de terra sua

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - populo autem qui relictus erat in terra Iuda quem dimiserat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis praefecit Godoliam filium Ahicham filii Saphan

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - quod cum audissent omnes duces militum ipsi et viri qui erant cum eis videlicet quod constituisset rex Babylonis Godoliam venerunt ad Godoliam in Maspha Ismahel filius Nathaniae et Iohanan filius Caree et Sareia filius Thenaameth Nethophathites et Iezonias filius Maachathi ipsi et socii eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - iuravitque eis Godolias et sociis eorum dicens nolite timere servire Chaldeis manete in terra et servite regi Babylonis et bene erit vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - factum est vero anno tricesimo septimo transmigrationis Ioiachin regis Iudae mense duodecimo vicesima septima die mensis sublevavit Evilmerodach rex Babylonis anno quo regnare coeperat caput Ioiachin regis Iuda de carcere

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:28 - et locutus est ei benigna et posuit thronum eius super thronum regum qui erant cum eo in Babylone

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - universus ergo Israhel dinumeratus est et summa eorum scripta est in libro regum Israhel et Iuda translatique sunt in Babylonem propter delictum suum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - attamen in legatione principum Babylonis qui missi fuerant ad eum ut interrogarent de portento quod acciderat super terram dereliquit eum Deus ut temptaretur et nota fierent omnia quae erant in corde eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - idcirco superinduxit eis principes exercitus regis Assyriorum ceperuntque Manassen et vinctum catenis atque conpedibus duxerunt Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - contra hunc ascendit Nabuchodonosor rex Chaldeorum et vinctum catenis duxit in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:7 - ad quam et vasa Domini transtulit et posuit ea in templo suo

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - cumque anni circulus volveretur misit Nabuchodonosor rex qui et adduxerunt eum in Babylonem asportatis simul pretiosissimis vasis domus Domini regem vero constituit Sedeciam fratrem eius super Iudam et Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - universaque vasa domus Domini tam maiora quam minora et thesauros templi et regis et principum transtulit in Babylonem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - si quis evaserat gladium ductus in Babylonem servivit regi et filiis eius donec imperaret rex Persarum

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - omnia vasa aurea et argentea quinque milia quadringenta universa tulit Sasabassar cum his qui ascendebant de transmigratione Babylonis in Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - hii sunt autem filii provinciae qui ascenderunt de captivitate quam transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Babylonem et reversi sunt in Hierusalem et Iudam unusquisque in civitatem suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - ipse Ezras ascendit de Babylone et ipse scriba velox in lege Mosi quam dedit Dominus Deus Israhel et dedit ei rex secundum manum Domini Dei eius super eum omnem petitionem eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - quia in primo die mensis primi coepit ascendere de Babylone et in primo mensis quinti venit in Hierusalem iuxta manum Dei sui bonam super se

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - hii sunt ergo principes familiarum et genealogia eorum qui ascenderunt mecum in regno Artarxersis regis de Babylone

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - isti filii provinciae qui ascenderunt de captivitate migrantium quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et reversi sunt in Hierusalem et in Iudaeam unusquisque in civitatem suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - in omnibus autem his non fui in Hierusalem quia in anno tricesimo secundo Artarxersis regis Babylonis veni ad regem et in fine dierum rogavi regem

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - qui translatus fuerat de Hierusalem eo tempore quo Iechoniam regem Iuda Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis transtulerat

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - [Vulgate 86:4] commemorabo superbiae et Babylonis scientes me ecce Palestina et Tyrus cum Aethiopia iste natus est ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:1 - [Vulgate 136:1] super flumina Babylonis ibi sedimus et flevimus cum recordaremur Sion

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - [Vulgate 136:8] filia Babylon vastata beatus qui retribuet tibi vicissitudinem tuam quam retribuisti nobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - onus Babylonis quod vidit Isaias filius Amos

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