Strong's Concordance Babulón: "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated astride the Euphrates river Original Word: Βαβυλών, ῶνος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Babulón Phonetic Spelling: (bab-oo-lone') Definition: "gate of god(s)", Babylon, a large city situated astride the Euphrates river Usage: (a) Babylon, the ancient city on the Euphrates, to which the people of Jerusalem, etc., were transported, (b) hence allegorically of Rome, from the point of view of the Christian people. HELPS Word-studies 897 Babylṓn – Babylon, the wicked, godless city in ancient Mesopotamia, was the most powerful city in the world in OT times (especially from 605 NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Akk. origin, cf. Babel Definition "gate of god(s)," Babylon, a large city situated astride the Euphrates river NASB Translation Babylon (12). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 897: ΒαβυλώνΒαβυλών, Βαβυλῶνος, ἡ (Hebrew בָּבֶל from בָּלַל to confound, according to Genesis 11:9; cf. Aeschylus Pers. 52 Βαβυλών 1. of the city itself: Acts 7:43; 1 Peter 5:13 (where some have understood Babylon, a small town in Egypt, to be referred to; but in opposition cf. Mayerhoff, Einl. in die petrin. Schriften, p. 126ff; (cf. 3 at the end below)). 2. of the territory, Babylonia: Matthew 1:11f, 17; (often so in Greek writings). 3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity: Revelation 14:8 (here Rec.elz Βαβουλων); Of Hebrew origin (Babel); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)) -- Babylon. see HEBREW Babel Englishman's Concordance Matthew 1:11 N-GFSGRK: NAS: of the deportation to Babylon. KJV: they were carried away to Babylon: INT: of the deportation to Babylon Matthew 1:12 N-GFS Matthew 1:17 N-GFS Matthew 1:17 N-GFS Acts 7:43 N-GFS 1 Peter 5:13 N-DFS Revelation 14:8 N-NFS Revelation 16:19 N-NFS Revelation 17:5 N-NFS Revelation 18:2 N-NFS Revelation 18:10 N-NFS Revelation 18:21 N-NFS Strong's Greek 897 |