The meaning of “בָּבֶל”
Understanding Bâbel reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Babel, Babylon. - § Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)" - Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babyl...
בָּבֶל
Babel, Babylon. - § Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)" - Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire 1) Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 11:9 | “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.” Word: בָּבֶל (Bâbel) | |
| 1 Chronicles 9:1 | “So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.” Word: בָּבֶל (Bâbel) | |
| Ezra 7:6 | “This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.” Word: בָּבֶל (Bâbel) | |
| Esther 2:6 | “Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.” Word: בָּבֶל (Bâbel) | |
| Isaiah 39:3 | “Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.” Word: בָּבֶל (Bâbel) |
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