TBESH · H0894
בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל · ba.vel · Babylon
§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)" Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates
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בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) means “Babylon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-bel' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל · ba.vel · Babylon
§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)" Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates
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from H1101 (בָּלַל); confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV glosses: Babel, Babylon.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of babylon | 137 |
| to babylon | 44 |
| babylon | 33 |
| from babylon | 11 |
| in babylon | 10 |
| of babylons | 4 |
| against babylon | 2 |
| and babylon | 2 |
| babylons | 2 |
| over babylon | 2 |
| are in babylon | 1 |
| away to babylon | 1 |
| babel | 1 |
| because of babylon | 1 |
| comes from babylon | 1 |
| o babylon | 1 |
| people from babylon | 1 |
| where | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of babylon | 148 |
| to babylon | 19 |
| from babylon | 12 |
| against babylon | 9 |
| babylon | 8 |
| him to babylon | 8 |
| of babylons | 8 |
| into babylon | 6 |
| unto babylon | 6 |
| upon babylon | 4 |
| and babylon | 3 |
| in babylon | 3 |
| them to babylon | 3 |
| at babylon | 2 |
| how is babylon | 2 |
| of them to babylon | 2 |
| with him in babylon | 2 |
| with me into babylon | 2 |
| and the babylonians | 1 |
| babel | 1 |
| by babylon | 1 |
| for babylon | 1 |
| not to babylon | 1 |
| o babylon | 1 |
| of the babylonians | 1 |
| on babylon | 1 |
| so at babylon | 1 |
| the babylonians | 1 |
| them with him to babylon | 1 |
| though babylon | 1 |
| thus shall babylon | 1 |
| was babel | 1 |
| with me from babylon | 1 |
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The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
Read word by wordThere at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
Read word by wordThen he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
Read word by wordOn the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Read word by wordThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
Read word by wordMoreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
Read word by wordNebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Read word by wordThere at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Read word by wordOn the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
Read word by wordAnd he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
Read word by wordAnd the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
Read word by wordBut I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
Read word by word“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Read word by word‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
Read word by wordI will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
Read word by wordWith hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Read word by word“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.24
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.26
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
Read word by wordThen the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
Read word by wordthe Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
Read word by word“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
Read word by word“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Read word by wordI will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
Read word by wordI will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
Read word by wordIn the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
Read word by wordWrithe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
Read word by word“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.11
“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
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