בָּבֶלBâbel
בָּבֶ֫ל: proper name [of a location]: Babel, Babylon (Ezekiel 12:13; 2 Kings 20:17; Jeremiah 27:16; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:9)
Pronunciation: baw-bel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H894
Meanings
: proper name [of a location]: Babylon (Daniel 2:12)
Same root
- בָּלַלbâlal · H1101to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
- ΒαβυλώνBabylṓn · G897Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
- בַּבֶלBabel · H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}
- זְרֻבָּבֶלZᵉrubbâbel · H2216Zerubbabel, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 262 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:10 He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
- Genesis 11:9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
- 2 Kings 17:24 The king of Assyria transported groups of people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and resettled them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the people of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- 2 Kings 17:30 Those from Babylon worshiped idols of their god Succoth-benoth. Those from Cuthah worshiped their god Nergal. And those from Hamath worshiped Ashima.
- 2 Kings 20:12 Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.
- 2 Kings 20:14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
See every passage
- Genesis 10:10, 11:9
- 2 Kings 17:24, 17:30, 20:12, 20:14, 20:17, 20:18, 24:1, 24:7, 24:10, 24:11, 24:12, 24:15, 24:16, 24:17, 24:20, 25:1, 25:6, 25:7, 25:8, 25:11, 25:13, 25:20, 25:21, 25:22, 25:23, 25:24, 25:27, 25:28
- 1 Chronicles 9:1
- 2 Chronicles 32:31, 33:11, 36:6, 36:7, 36:10, 36:18, 36:20
- Ezra 1:11, 2:1, 7:6, 7:9, 8:1
- Nehemiah 7:6, 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, 48:14, 48:20
- Jeremiah 20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 21:2, 21:4, 21:7, 21:10, 22:25, 24:1, 25:1, 25:9, 25:11, 25:12, 27:6, 27:8, 27:9, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:16, 27:17, 27:18, 27:20, 27:22, 28:2, 28:3, 28:4, 28:6, 28:11, 28:14, 29:1, 29:3, 29:4, 29:10, 29:15, 29:20, 29:21, 29:22, 29:28, 32:2, 32:3, 32:4, 32:5, 32:28, 32:36, 34:1, 34:2, 34:3, 34:7, 34:21, 35:11, 36:29, 37:1, 37:17, 37:19, 38:3, 38:17, 38:18, 38:22, 38:23, 39:1, 39:3, 39:5, 39:6, 39:7, 39:9, 39:11, 39:13, 40:1, 40:4, 40:5, 40:7, 40:9, 40:11, 41:2, 41:18, 42:11, 43:3, 43:10, 44:30, 46:2, 46:13, 46:26, 49:28, 49:30, 50:1, 50:2, 50:8, 50:9, 50:13, 50:14, 50:16, 50:17, 50:18, 50:23, 50:24, 50:28, 50:29, 50:34, 50:35, 50:42, 50:43, 50:45, 50:46, 51:1, 51:2, 51:6, 51:7, 51:8, 51:9, 51:11, 51:12, 51:24, 51:29, 51:30, 51:31, 51:33, 51:34, 51:35, 51:37, 51:41, 51:42, 51:44, 51:47, 51:48, 51:49, 51:53, 51:54, 51:55, 51:56, 51:58, 51:59, 51:60, 51:61, 51:64, 52:3, 52:4, 52:9, 52:10, 52:11, 52:12, 52:15, 52:17, 52:26, 52:27, 52:31, 52:32, 52:34
- Ezekiel 12:13, 17:12, 17:16, 17:20, 19:9, 21:19, 21:21, 23:15, 23:17, 23:23, 24:2, 26:7, 29:18, 29:19, 30:10, 30:24, 30:25, 32:11
- Daniel 1:1
- Micah 4:10
- Zechariah 2:7, 6:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).