Greek proper noun (a place) · G897
Βαβυλών
Babylonbab-oo-lone'
Babylon
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Babylṓn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G897is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G897
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
The King James renders it: Babylon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Babylon is rendered "Babylon". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
Matthew 1:11Βαβυλῶνος.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's twelve uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Babylon7
- to Babylon4
- Babylon.’1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Βαβυλὼν6
- Βαβυλῶνος3
- Βαβυλῶνος.¶2
- Βαβυλῶνι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF-L
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5N-NSF-L
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF-L
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular1N-VSF-L
Matthew
four uses
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- Βαβυλῶνος.¶babulonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to Babylon
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- Βαβυλῶνοςbabulonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to Babylon
In 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.
- Βαβυλῶνοςbabulonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to Babylon
- Βαβυλῶνοςbabulonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to Babylon
Acts
one use
You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
- Βαβυλῶνος.¶babulonosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon.’
1 Peter
one use
The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
- Βαβυλῶνιbabuloninoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
Revelation
six uses
Then 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.”
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
The 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.
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
And 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.
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
In 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.”
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
Then 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.
- Βαβυλὼνbabulonnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Babylon
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.