Lexical Summary Babel: an E. Mediterranean empire and its capital city Original Word: בָּבֶלTransliteration: Babel Phonetic Spelling: (baw-bel') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: an E. Mediterranean empire and its capital city Meaning: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city Strong's Concordance Babel, Babylon From balal; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon. see HEBREW balal Brown-Driver-Briggs H894. Babel בָּבֶ֫ל262 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; 11:9 (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not elsewhere in Hexateuch; 2 Kings 17:24 31t. 2Kings; 18t. Chronicles; Esther 2:6; late Psalm 87:4; 137:1; 137:8; Isa2; Isa3, namely Isaiah 13:1, 19; 14:4, 22; 21:9; 39:1, 3, 6, 7; 43:14; 47:1; 48:14, 20; Micah 4:10 (but here probably not original, compare RSProph. vii. n. 5 & references) Zechariah 2:11; 6:10; Daniel 1:1; Ezekiel 12:13 19t. Ezekiel; Jeremiah 20:4 (twice in verse); 20:5-6, 165t. Jeremiah — note especially בּ ׳אֶרֶץ 50:28; also of land & people = realm, particular in בּ ׳מֶלֶךְ 2 Kings 20:12 of Merodach Baladan; 20:18; 24:1, 7, 11, 12 (twice in verse) + often of Nebuchadrezzar; 25:27 = Jeremiah 52:31 compare 52:34 of Evil-Merodach; Nehemiah 13:6 of Artaxerxes; the city personified as בָּבֶל בַּת Isaiah 47:1; Jeremiah 50:42. (See DlPa 212 COT Genesis 11:9 KG95.) בָּבֶל proper name, of a location Babylon (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Daniel 2:12 15t. Daniel; 9t. Ezra. |
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