ΒαβυλώνBabylṓn
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
Greek (New Testament) · G897
Meanings
Babylon: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:17, Acts 7:43(LXX); symbolically, of Rome: Revelation 14:8, Revelation 16:19, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:21, and prob. also 1 Peter 5:13.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
- Matthew 1:12 After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
- Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
- Acts 7:43 No, you carried your pagan gods— the shrine of Molech, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made to worship them. So I will send you into exile as far away as Babylon.’
- 1 Peter 5:13 Your sister church here in Babylon sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark.
- Revelation 14:8 Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.