Word Study · Strong's H895 · Hebrew
בַּבֶל
Babel
baw-bel'
“{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}
Rendered in the KJV as
Babylon.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- בָבֶ֑ל4
- בָּבֶ֔ל3
- בָבֶֽל׃3
- בָּבֶ֑ל2
- בָּבֶֽל׃2
- בְּבָבֶל֒1
- בְּבָבֶֽל׃1
- בָבֶל֙1
- בָבֶ֖ל1
- בָבֶ֗ל1
- בָבֶ֔ל1
- בָּבֶ֣ל1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Babylon21
- to Babylon2
- [are] in Babylon1
- in Babylon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)21
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
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- ANpl · 21
- AR/Npl · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Daniel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezra9 occurrences
- Ezra 5:12בָּבֶ֖לbavelproper noun (a name)But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.here: Babylon
- Ezra 5:12לְבָבֶֽל׃ סlevavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.here: to Babylon
- Ezra 5:13בָבֶ֑לvavelproper noun (a name)In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.here: Babylon
- Ezra 5:14בָבֶ֑לvavelproper noun (a name)He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governorhere: Babylon
- Ezra 5:14בָבֶ֔לvavelproper noun (a name)He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governorhere: Babylon
- Ezra 5:17בְּבָבֶל֒bevavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.here: [are] in Babylon
- Ezra 6:1בְּבָבֶֽל׃bevavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.here: in Babylon
- Ezra 6:5לְבָבֶ֑לlevavelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.here: to Babylon
- Ezra 7:16בָּבֶ֑לbavelproper noun (a name)together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.here: Babylon
Daniel16 occurrences
- Daniel 2:12בָבֶֽל׃vavelproper noun (a name)This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:14בָּבֶֽל׃bavelproper noun (a name)When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:18בָבֶֽל׃vavelproper noun (a name)urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:24בָבֶ֑לvavelproper noun (a name)Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:24בָבֶל֙vavelproper noun (a name)Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:48בָּבֶ֑לbavelproper noun (a name)Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:48בָבֶֽל׃vavelproper noun (a name)Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 2:49בָּבֶ֔לbavelproper noun (a name)And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.here: Babylon
- Daniel 3:1בָּבֶֽל׃bavelproper noun (a name)King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 3:12בָּבֶ֔לbavelproper noun (a name)But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”here: Babylon
- Daniel 3:30בָּבֶֽל׃ פbavelproper noun (a name)Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.here: Babylon
- Daniel 4:6בָבֶ֑לvavelproper noun (a name)So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.here: Babylon
- Daniel 4:29בָבֶ֖לvavelproper noun (a name)Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,here: Babylon
- Daniel 4:30בָּבֶ֣לbavelproper noun (a name)the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”here: Babylon
- Daniel 5:7בָבֶ֗לvavelproper noun (a name)The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”here: Babylon
- Daniel 7:1בָּבֶ֔לbavelproper noun (a name)In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.here: Babylon