Word

בַּבֶל

Babel · H895 · Aramaic · 25 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 places

Babylonfirst named in 2 Kings 17:24255 verses
Babyloniafirst named in Ezra 1:116 verses

Meanings

Babel

A town in Mesopotamia, founded by Nimrod, the location of the tower of Babel and the capital of the Chaldean empire

Examples
Ezra 5:12 ‘But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
Ezra 5:13 ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
Ezra 5:14 ‘Also the gold and silver utensils of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, King Cyrus took them from the temple of Babylon and they were given to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בְּנָאbuild 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1
רַבcaptain 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for 4
בin/on/with 3

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

16 occurrences in 3 groups

חַכִּיםwise 8
מְדִינָהprovince 6
מֶלֶךְking 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

בָּבֶל Bâbel · H894 · Babel: בָּבֶל (Bâbel, H894) בָּבֶל is a variant spelling of the same name as בַּבֶל (Babel, H895) בַּבֶל (Hebrew/Aramaic or alternate form), referring to the same referent and interchangeable in sense.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of Locations003001010: בָּבֶל names the city and empire of Babylon, as the temple vessels brought to Babylon and later returned (Ezra 5:14) and Daniel's own promotion as ruler over the province of Babylon (Daniel 2:48).

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0