number - 897
orig_word - Βαβυλών
word_orig - of Hebrew origin (0894)
translit - Babulon
tdnt - 1:514,89
phonetic - bab-oo-lone'
part_of_speech - Noun Location
st_def - of Hebrew origin («0894»); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)):-- Babylon.
IPD_def - Babylon = "confusion"
- a very large and famous city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed the temple of Belis. At length the city was reduced to almost solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighbouring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor.
- of the territory of Babylonia
- allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity
English - Babylon
letter - b
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usages - Babylon
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id - 897
strongs - 897
base_word - Βαβυλών
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usage - Babylon