Word Study · Strong's G897 · Greek
Βαβυλών
Babylon
bab-oo-lone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Babylṓn
“Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
Rendered in the KJV as
Babylon.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- Βαβυλὼν6
- Βαβυλῶνος3
- Βαβυλῶνος.¶2
- Βαβυλῶνι1
How it is rendered · 4
- Babylon7
- to Babylon3
- Babylon.’1
- to Babylon.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSF-L · 5
- N-NSF-L · 5
- N-DSF-L · 1
- N-VSF-L · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 1:11Βαβυλῶνος.¶babulōnosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularand Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.here: to Babylon.
- Matthew 1:12Βαβυλῶνοςbabulōnosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAfter the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,here: to Babylon
- Matthew 1:17Βαβυλῶνοςbabulōnosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIn all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.here: to Babylon
- Matthew 1:17Βαβυλῶνοςbabulōnosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIn all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.here: to Babylon
Revelation6 occurrences
- Revelation 14:8Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”here: Babylon
- Revelation 16:19Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThe great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.here: Babylon
- Revelation 17:5Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.here: Babylon
- Revelation 18:2Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.here: Babylon
- Revelation 18:10Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singularIn fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”here: Babylon
- Revelation 18:21Βαβυλὼνbabulōnnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.here: Babylon