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Babulon <897>

Babulwn Babulon

Pronunciation	:	bab-oo-lone'
Origin	:	of Hebrew origin 0894 lbb
Reference	:	TDNT - 1:514,89
PrtSpch	:	n pr loc (noun proper locative)
In Greek	:	babulwn 6, babulwni 1, babulwnov 5
In NET	:	Babylon 12
In AV	:	Babylon 12
Count	:	12
Definition	:	Babylon = "confusion" 1) 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. 2) of the territory of Babylonia 3) allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity of Hebrew origin (894); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny)): KJV -- Babylon. see HEBREW for 0894
Related Hebrew	:	lbb <0894>
Variations in Bible	:	Babylon (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) Babylonian (NET) Babylonians (NET)

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