בַּבֶל
Babel · baw-bel'
{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H894 (בָּבֶל)
{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Babylon.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּבֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of babylon12 · 48%
- men of babylon8 · 32%
- into babylon1 · 4%
- at babylon1 · 4%
- in babylon1 · 4%
- unto babylon1 · 4%
- babylon1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.