Βαβυλών, Βαβυλῶνος, ἡ (Hebrew בָּבֶל from בָּלַל to confound, according to Genesis 11:9; cf. Aeschylus Pers. 52 Βαβυλώνδ'ἡπολύχρυσοςπαμμικτονὄχλονπέμπεισύρδην. But more correctly, as it seems, from בַּלבָּאב the gate i. e. the court or city of Belus (Assyr.Bab-Il the Gate of God; (perhaps of Il, the supreme God); cf. Schrader, Keilinschr. u. d. Alt. Test. 2te Aufl., p. 127f; Oppert in the Zeitsch. d. Deutsch. Morg. Gesellschaft, viii., p. 595)), Babylon, formerly a very celebrated and large 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 Belus. At length the city was reduced almost to a solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighboring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor. (Cf. Prof. Rawlinson in B. D. under the word and his Herodotus, vol. i. Essays vi. and viii., vol. ii. Essay iv.) The name is used in the N. T.
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.elzΒαβουλων); (in the opinion of some 1 Peter 5:13 also; (cf. 1 at the end, above)).
Matthew 1:11 - N-GFS GRK:τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος NAS: of the deportation to Babylon. KJV: they were carried away to Babylon: INT: of the deportation to Babylon
Matthew 1:12 - N-GFS GRK:τὴν μετοικεσίαν Βαβυλῶνος Ἰεχονίας ἐγέννησεν NAS: the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah KJV: they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias INT: the deportation to Babylon Jechoniah was father of
Matthew 1:17 - N-GFS GRK:τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος γενεαὶ δεκατέσσαρες NAS: to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen KJV: the carrying away into Babylon [are] fourteen INT: the deportation to Babylon generations fourteen
Matthew 1:17 - N-GFS GRK:τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος ἕως τοῦ NAS: and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, KJV: the carrying away into Babylon unto INT: the deportation to Babylon to the
Acts 7:43 - N-GFS GRK:ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Βαβυλῶνος NAS: WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.' KJV: away beyond Babylon. INT: you beyond Babylon
1 Peter 5:13 - N-DFS GRK:ἡ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλεκτὴ καὶ NAS:She who is in Babylon, chosen together KJV: The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with INT: she in Babylon elected with [you] and
Revelation 14:8 - N-NFS GRK:Ἔπεσεν ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη NAS: fallen is Babylon the great, KJV: saying, Babylon is fallen, INT: Is fallen is fallen Babylon the great
Revelation 16:19 - N-NFS GRK:ἔπεσαν καὶ Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη NAS: fell. Babylon the great KJV: great Babylon came in remembrance INT: fell and Babylon the great
Revelation 17:5 - N-NFS GRK:γεγραμμένον μυστήριον ΒΑΒΥΛΩΝ Η ΜΕΓΑΛΗ NAS: a mystery, BABYLON THE GREAT, KJV: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, INT: written Mystery Babylon the Great
Revelation 18:2 - N-NFS GRK:Ἔπεσεν ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη NAS: fallen is Babylon the great! KJV: saying, Babylon the great INT: Is fallen is fallen Babylon the great
Revelation 18:21 - N-NFS GRK:ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη NAS: So will Babylon, the great KJV: city Babylon be thrown down, INT: with violence will be cast down Babylon the great
