בָּבֶל bavel
Hebrew word for “Babylon” · Strong’s H894 · used 262 times in 233 verses
Meaning
§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)";
How it is translated
Glosses given for bavel in context, with how often each is used:
- babylon 233
- babylon towards 27
- babel 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 169 | 7.7 | |
| 2 Kings | 32 | 2.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 20 | 1.1 | |
| Isaiah | 13 | 0.8 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 9 | 0.7 | |
| Ezra | 6 | 1.6 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 51 (31), Jeremiah 50 (19), 2 Kings 25 (13), Jeremiah 52 (13), Jeremiah 27 (12), 2 Kings 24 (9), Jeremiah 29 (9), Jeremiah 39 (8), Jeremiah 28 (6), Jeremiah 32 (6)
Forms
- בבל 203
- בבלה 28
- מבבל 12
- לבבל 8
- בבבל 6
- ובבל 4
- מבבלה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with bavel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 50
- כַּשְׂדִּים kasdi “Chaldea” 31
- צִדְקִיָּהוּ tsidqiyyah “Zedekiah” 26
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 43
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 31
- כֹּה koh “thus” 28
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 19
- אֵת et “with” 25
- עִיר ir “city” 26
- יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmeyah “Jeremiah” 16
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 24
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 18
Key verses
The verses using bavel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and…
- Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his…
- Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Isaiah 13:1 — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Isaiah 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isaiah 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be…
- Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in…
- Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
- Jeremiah 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render…
- Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;…
- Jeremiah 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled…
See all 233 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.