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Lexicon :: Strong's H895 - bāḇel

Aa
בָּבֶל
Transliteration
bāḇel
Pronunciation
baw-vel'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בָּבֶל (H894)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 197

Strong’s Definitions

בַּבֶל Babel, baw-bel'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H894:—Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H895 in the following manner: Babylon (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H895 in the following manner: Babylon (25x).

  1. Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

    1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּבֶל Babel, baw-bel'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H894:—Babylon.

Note by BLB: Strong's entry lists the pronunciation of this word with the "b" sound. This is incorrect. The ב (bet) does not have a daghesh lene so it is pronounced with a "v" sound. This is why the transliteration has a bar under the "b" (ḇ).

STRONGS H895: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

בָּבֶל proper name, of a location Babylon (Biblical Hebrew H894 id.); — Daniel 2:12 + 15 times Daniel; + 9 times Ezra.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:12

H895

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Strong's Number H895 matches the Hebrew בָּבֶל (bāḇel),
which occurs 25 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1 - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide: he put it up in the valley of Dura, in the land of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom you have put over the business of the land of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men have not given attention to you, O King: they are not servants of your gods or worshippers of the gold image which you have put up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego even greater authority in the land of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of his great house in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing.
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