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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 16 times in 14 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: H895 he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: H895 bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, H895 and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: H895 but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1 - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, H895 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon H895 before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, H895 that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, H895 Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon H895 Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
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