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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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:12

H895

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H895 matches the Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel),
which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel, the Kasdai, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Bavel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - But in the first year of Koresh king of Bavel, Koresh the king made a decree to build this house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - The gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nevukhadnetztzar took out of the temple that was in Yerushalayim, and brought into the temple of Bavel, those did Koresh the king take out of the temple of Bavel, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbatztzer, whom he had made governor;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Bavel, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Koresh the king to build this house of God at Yerushalayim; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Daryavesh the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Bavel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nevukhadnetztzar took forth out of the temple which is at Yerushalayim, and brought to Bavel, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Yerushalayim, everyone to its place; and you shall put them in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the province of Bavel, with the freewill-offering of the people, and of the Kohanim, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Yerushalayim;
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