Bâbel — H894

Definition

locative proper noun

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

1. Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"
2. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Usually translated as

Babylon, Babel

Origin

from H1101; confusion

• Derived from Bâlal (H1101)

Greek equivalents

• Babylṓn (G897)
• sýnchysis (G4799)

Occurrences

Bâbel occurs 262 times in 233 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 2 Kings (28), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (7), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (2), Esther (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (13), Jeremiah (149), Ezekiel (18), Daniel (1), Micah (1), Zechariah (2)

• Genesis 10:10 — And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel (בָּבֶ֔ל), and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Genesis 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel (בָּבֶ֔ל); 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.
• 2 Kings 17:24 — And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon (מִבָּבֶ֡ל), and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
• 2 Kings 17:30 — And the men of Babylon (בָבֶ֗ל) made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
• 2 Kings 20:12 — At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֛ל), sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
• 2 Kings 20:14 — 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, even from Babylon (מִבָּבֶֽל).
• 2 Kings 20:17 — Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon (בָּבֶ֑לָה): nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
• 2 Kings 20:18 — And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon (בָּבֶֽל).
• 2 Kings 24:1 — In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֑ל) came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
• 2 Kings 24:7 — And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֗ל) had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
• 2 Kings 24:10 — At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל) came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
• 2 Kings 24:11 — And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל) came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
• 2 Kings 24:12 — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֔ל), he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
• 2 Kings 24:12 — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֔ל) took him in the eighth year of his reign.
• 2 Kings 24:15 — And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon (בָּבֶ֑לָה), and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• 2 Kings 24:15 — And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon (בָּבֶֽלָה).
• 2 Kings 24:16 — And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֛ל) brought captive to Babylon.
• 2 Kings 24:16 — And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon (בָּבֶֽלָה).
• 2 Kings 24:17 — And the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֛ל) made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
• 2 Kings 24:20 — For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon (בָּבֶֽל).
• 2 Kings 25:1 — And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֜ל) came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
• 2 Kings 25:6 — So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל) to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
• 2 Kings 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon (בָּבֶֽל).
• 2 Kings 25:8 — And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֑ל), came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
• 2 Kings 25:8 — And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל), unto Jerusalem:
• 2 Kings 25:11 — Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֔ל), with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
• 2 Kings 25:13 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon (בָּבֶֽלָה).
• 2 Kings 25:20 — And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל) to Riblah:
• 2 Kings 25:21 — And the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֧ל) smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
• 2 Kings 25:22 — And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֑ל) had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
• 2 Kings 25:23 — And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon (בָּבֶל֙) had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
• 2 Kings 25:24 — And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל); and it shall be well with you.
• 2 Kings 25:27 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֜ל) in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
• 2 Kings 25:28 — And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon (בְּבָבֶֽל);
• 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 (לְבָבֶ֖ל) for their transgression.
• 2 Chronicles 32:31 — Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon (בָּבֶ֗ל), who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
• 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon (בָּבֶֽלָה).
• 2 Chronicles 36:6 — Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֑ל), and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
• 2 Chronicles 36:6 — Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon (בָּבֶֽלָה).
• 2 Chronicles 36:7 — Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon (לְבָבֶ֑ל), and put them in his temple at Babylon.
• 2 Chronicles 36:7 — Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon (בְּבָבֶֽל).
• 2 Chronicles 36:10 — And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon (בָבֶ֔לָה), with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 36:18 — And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon (בָבֶֽל).
• 2 Chronicles 36:20 — And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon (בָּבֶ֑ל); where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
• Ezra 1:11 — All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon (מִבָּבֶ֖ל) unto Jerusalem.
• Ezra 2:1 — Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon (בָּבֶ֖ל) had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
• Ezra 2:1 — Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon (לְבָבֶ֑ל), and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
• Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon (מִבָּבֶ֔ל); 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.
• Ezra 7:9 — For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon (מִבָּבֶ֑ל), and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
• Ezra 8:1 — These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon (מִבָּבֶֽל), in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.