Daniel 2:12 — Word Study
WLCכָּל־ קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃
BSAThis [response] {made}qᵉbêl [causing great offense, extremely displeasing] the kingmelek [ruler, monarch] sosaggîyʼ angrybᵉnaç△ and furiousqᵉtsaph△■ [enraged, full of wrath] that he gave ordersʼămar■ [commanded, instructed] to destroyʼăbad [annihilate, utterly demolish] allkôl [every single one, the entirety] the wise menchakkîym [intelligent, discerning individuals] of BabylonBabel [the city of confusion, Babel]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | as to | Preposition, preposition |
| קֳבֵ֣ל | because | Noun common, both singular absolute |
| דְּנָ֔ה | this | Particle |
| מַלְכָּ֕א | king the | Noun common both singular determined, particle |
| בְּנַ֖ס | he was angry | Verb, Qal, perfect third person masculine singular |
| וּקְצַ֣ף | and he was furious | Conjunction, verb qal perfect third person masculine singular |
| שַׂגִּ֑יא | exceedingly | Adj |
| וַאֲמַר֙ | and he said | Conjunction, verb qal perfect third person masculine singular |
| לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה | to destroy | Preposition, verb hiphil infinitive construct common |
| לְכֹ֖ל | the object marker all | Preposition, noun common both singular construct |
| חַכִּימֵ֥י | [the] wise men of | Adj |
| בָבֶֽל׃ | Babylon | Noun proper |
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| BSB | This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. |
| KJV | For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. |
| ASV | For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. |
| YLT | Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon; |
| WEB | Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. |
| BBE | Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon. |
Where they part company is בָבֶֽל׃ — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence has one main clause followed by a subordinate clause detailing the king's command.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
verbבְּנַס
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2 of 12 occur nowhere else in the Old Testament — words chosen on purpose.
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Deep Study — Daniel 2:12
Sections marked generated are written from the data on this page rather than by a named author. Everything else — the lexicon entries, the cross references, the manuscript readings, the counts — is quoted from its source unchanged.
Context — The King's Furygenerated
Daniel 2:12 describes how the king of Babylon reacted with extreme anger when his wise men could not fulfill his request. This intense emotion prompts him to command the destruction of all wise men in Babylon, showcasing the severity of his displeasure. This moment highlights the tension between the king and his advisors, as seen in the surrounding verses, where the stakes of their failure are life and death.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel 3:13 | Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, |
| 2 | Job 5:2 | For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. |
| 3 | Psalm 76:10 | Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself. |
| 4 | Proverbs 16:14 | The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. |
| 5 | Proverbs 19:12 | A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 10 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — שַׂגִּ֑יא, sa.Gi'generated
The word שַׂגִּ֑יא, transliterated as saggi', means 'exceedingly' or 'greatly.' It is an adjective that emphasizes the intensity of the king's anger, indicating that his fury was not just strong but overwhelming.
This word appears in contexts where magnitude or degree is significant, reinforcing the idea that the king's emotional state was extreme. The parsing as an adjective shows it modifies the verb, highlighting how furious the king was in this moment.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against. The BSB uses furious with anger, which is echoed by the KJV and ASV.
Where others part company with the BSB, they differ in the rendering of שַׂגִּ֑יא. The KJV translates it as exceedingly, while the WEB uses greatly, both capturing the intensity of the king's emotion.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb אֲמַר, and he said, governs the entire verse, with several phrases hanging off it: a conjunction phrase introducing the king's emotional state, followed by two clauses that detail his actions and the subjects involved.
The structure emphasizes the king's reaction and the subsequent command, creating a flow that highlights the cause (his anger) and effect (the order to destroy).
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates מַלְכָּ֕א as βασιλεὺς, meaning 'king,' which aligns closely with the Hebrew meaning, maintaining the royal context.
The choice of περίλυπος for שַׂגִּ֑יא suggests a slight narrowing of the emotional scope, focusing on the sorrowful aspect of anger rather than its sheer intensity.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Daniel 2:12 tells us that the king was extremely angry because the wise men could not interpret his dream. In his fury, he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed, demonstrating the serious consequences of their failure.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The king was furious because his wise men could not interpret his dream, which he deemed an impossible request.
The king's command to destroy all the wise men shows his intolerance for failure and the high stakes of his expectations.
This event sets the stage for Daniel's eventual rise to prominence as he interprets the king's dream, showcasing God's wisdom over human limitations.
The king's reaction illustrates the dangers of unchecked anger and the potential for rash decisions in moments of intense emotion.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- How do I handle anger when faced with unmet expectations?
- What are the consequences of my reactions to frustration or disappointment?
- In what ways can I seek wisdom in difficult situations, like Daniel did?
- How can I learn to respond with patience rather than anger when things do not go as planned?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
The early Church Father Jerome comments on this verse, noting the king's furious reaction and the drastic orders he gave as a consequence.
Verses 12, 13. "And when he had heard this, the king in a furious rage gave orders that all the wise men of Babylon should be slain.Early Church Fathers on Daniel 2 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Daniel 2:12 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor this cause the king was angry, and very furious,.... Not only because they could not tell his dream, and the interpretation of it; but because they represented him as requiring a thing
Read John Gill on Daniel 2 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13.
Read Robert Jamieson on Daniel 2 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleTyrants are inexorable, and they rule according to their will, and being crossed they are furious, and that brings forth death; the wrath of such is the roaring of a lion.
Read Matthew Poole on Daniel 2 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsDaniel 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.Ver. 12. For this cause the king was angry and very furious.] A cutting answer may mar a good cause. See on Daniel 2:9. And commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.] So rash is rage, it is no better than a short madness. Sed de vita hominis nulls potest esse satis diuturna cunctatio, saith the orator. In case of life and death nothing should be determined without mature deliberation; for, like as Saturn, the highest of the planets, hath the slowest motion of them all; so, saith one, should princess which sit in their high thrones of majesty, be most considerate in…
Read John Trapp on Daniel 2 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) This order to massacre the wise men extended apparently only to those who were resident in the city of Babylon, where they had a fixed habitation. Though Daniel had been already trained in their schools, he had not as yet been appointed “a wise man.” However, being a student, his death was implied in the general order, which, as appears from Daniel 2:13, had already begun to be executed.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Daniel 2 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges12. wise men] of those versed in occult arts, as Genesis 41:8; Jeremiah 50:35 (of Babylon), and several times in the sequel (cf. p. 15). Similarly wisdom, Isaiah 47:10 (of Babylon), and ch. Daniel 1:17; Daniel 1:20.
Read Cambridge on Daniel 2 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleFor this cause the king was angry - Because they failed in explaining the subject which had been referred to them.
Read Albert Barnes on Daniel 2 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible10-13. The magicians in utter desperation now appeal to the king’s sense of justice and to the lack of precedent, “forasmuch as no king, be he never so great and powerful” (R.V., margin) had ever
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Daniel 2 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Tyndale line
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel.
Strictly literal
For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;
Therefore the king has been furious and very angry, and has said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
For all this cause the king became angry, and very furious; and he commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
This made the king angry and very furious, and he gave an order to destroy all those in Babylon who were known for their wisdom.
From the Latin
Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.
Simplified
This made the king extremely angry, and he ordered all the wise men of Babylon executed.
Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree on the core elements of this verse, although the Septuagint's word order and choice of articles differ, reflecting its own syntactical structure.
כָּל־ קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃
8 of the 12 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Daniel 2:12
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
/ל (l) — to/for.
Prefix lamed: to
AR/R — Preposition · prepositionAR/R
az: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating:
(1) Likeness: (a) between nouns (Ge 3:5; Jud 6:5; Php 2:8; Heb 11:27,29); (b) between verbs (Lu 6:36; Joh 5:30; 1Co 10:7); (c) between adjectives (1Co 15:48).
(2) Limitation (with respect to a particular aspect or relation) (1Pe 4:15,16).
קֳבֵל, transliterated as qbel, is an Aramaic word meaning 'before' or 'in front of.' It functions as a noun, preposition, conjunction, and adverb, conveying ideas of location and causation, such as 'because of' or 'therefore.' The entries indicate that it is derived from a related term, קָבַל (H6905), and cover a range of uses in context.
קֳבֵל 29 subst. front, as prep. in front of, before, because of; as conj. because that
base
H6903 קֳבֵל, קְבֵל
6903 qbel keb-ale'
(Aramaic) or qobel (Aramaic) {kob-ale'}; (corresponding to
6905; (adverbially) in front of; usually (with other
particles) on account of, so as, since, hence:--+ according
to, + as, + because, before, + for this cause, + forasmuch as,
+ by this means, over against, by reason of, + that, +
therefore, + though, + wherefore.
see HEBREW for 06905
קֳבֵל (qe.vel) — before.
subst
1) front
prep
2) in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore
conj
3) because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before
adv
4) accordingly, then
קֳבֵל (qe.vel) — before: because.
subst
1) front
prep
2) in front of, before, because of, in view of, by reason of, because of this, therefore
conj
3) because that, inasmuch as, although, according as, before
adv
4) accordingly, then
Adj — Noun common · both singular absoluteANcbsa
be-kos' (hina, "in order that"): "The multitude rebuked them, because (AV; the Revised Version (British and American) "that") they should hold their peace" (Mt 20:31).
דְּנָה (denah) is an Aramaic word meaning 'this' and is used as a demonstrative pronoun. It can also imply 'therefore' or 'on account of this.' The entries indicate that it is an orthographical variation of another word, דָּן (dan), but do not provide specific Old Testament references.
דְּנָה 57 demonstr.pr.comm. this
base
H1836 דְּנָה, דֵּן
1836 den dane
(Aramaic) an orthographical variation of 1791; this:--
(afore-)time, + after this manner, here (-after),
one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), +
thus, where(-fore), which.
see HEBREW for 01791
דְּנָה (de.nah) — this.
demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore
ATm — ParticleATm
מֶ֫לֶךְ (melek) means 'king' in Hebrew and is also noted in Aramaic. The entries confirm its singular meaning related to royalty, with no significant disagreement among the lexicons.
מֶ֫לֶךְ 178 n.m. king
base
H4430 מֶ֫לֶךְ
4430 melek meh'-lek
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4428; a king:--king, royal.
see HEBREW for 04428
מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — king.
king
Aramaic of me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4428)
§ 1) king
Adj | Art — Noun common both singular determined · particleANcbsd/Ta
King
Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judg. 1:7). In the New Testament the Roman emperor is spoken of as a king (1 Pet. 2:13, 17); and Herod Antipas, who was only a tetrarch, is also called a king (Matt. 14:9; Mark 6:22).
This title is applied to God (1 Tim. 1:17), and to Christ, the Son of God (1 Tim. 6:15, 16;
"a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country." --Webster. In the Bible the word does not necessarily imply great power or great extent of country. Many persons are called kings whom we should rather call chiefs or leaders. The word is applied in the Bible to God as the sovereign and ruler of the universe, and to Christ the Son of God as the head and governor of the Church. The Hebrews were ruled by a king during a period of about 500 years previous to the destruction of Jerusalem, B.C. 586. The immediate occasion of the substitution of a regal form of government for that of judges seems to have been the siege of Jabesh-gilead by Nahash king of the Ammonites. (1 Samuel 11:1; 12:12) The conviction seems to have forced itself on the Israelites that they could not resist their formidable neighbor…
בְּנַס (bnac) is an Aramaic verb meaning 'to be angry.' It appears in the context of expressing rage, specifically noted in Daniel 2:12. The entries indicate that its exact origins are uncertain.
בְּנַס vb. be angry;—Pe. Dn 2:12.
ref
H1149 בְּנַס
1149 bnac ben-as'
(Aramaic) of uncertain affinity; to be enraged:--be angry.
בְּנַס (be.nas) — be angry.
(P'al) to be angry
Adj — Verb · Qal · perfect third person masculine singularAVqp3ms
קְצַף (qtsaph) means to become enraged or to be angry. It is noted in the context of Aramaic and is linked to the Hebrew word קָצַף (qa.tsaph). The only specific verse reference provided is Daniel 2:12.
קְצַף vb. be wroth;—Pe. Dn 2:12.
ref
H7108 קְצַף
7108 qtsaph kets-af'
(Aramaic) corresponding to 7107; to become enraged:--be
furious.
see HEBREW for 07107
קְצַף (qe.tsaph) — be angry.
(P'al) to be or become angry, be wroth
Aramaic of qa.tsaph (קָצַף "be angry" H7107)
Adj | V-Qal-Perf-3ms — Conjunction · verb qal perfect third person masculine singularAC/Vqp3ms
שַׂגִּיא (saggiy') is an Aramaic word meaning 'great' or 'much,' and can also function adverbially as 'exceedingly.' It encompasses a range of meanings related to size and quantity, including 'many' and 'very.' The entries consistently emphasize its use in describing large amounts or degrees.
שַׂגִּיא adj. great, much
base
H7690 שַׂגִּיא
7690 saggiy' sag-ghee'
(Aramaic) corresponding to 7689; large (in size, quantity or
number, also adverbial):--exceeding, great(-ly); many, much,
sore, very.
see HEBREW for 07689
שַׂגִּיא (sag.gi) — greatly.
adj
1) great, much
1a) great
1b) much, many
adv
2) exceedingly
Adj — AdjAAabsa
אֲמַר (amar) means to say, tell, command, or speak. It is used in various contexts to express communication or declaration. The word is related to the Aramaic form and is linked to another Hebrew root, אָמַר (H0559). The entries consistently emphasize its verbal nature without significant disagreement.
אֲמַר 71 vb. say, tell, command
base
H560 אֲמַר say, tell, command
560 'amar am-ar'
(Aramaic) corresponding to 559:--command, declare, say,
speak, tell.
see HEBREW for 0559
אֲמַר (a.mar) — to say.
(P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate
Aramaic of a.mar (אָמַר "to say" H0559)
Adj | V-Qal-Perf-3ms — Conjunction · verb qal perfect third person masculine singularAC/Vqp3ms
אֲבַד (abad) primarily means to perish or be destroyed. It can denote various forms of destruction, including the act of perishing (P'al), the act of destroying (Aphel), and the state of being destroyed (Hophal). The word is used in contexts that imply loss or annihilation.
[אֲבַד] vb. perish
Pe. they shall perish, pass away.
Haph. destroy
Hoph. be destroyed
base
H7 [אֲבַד] perish
7 'abad ab-ad'
(Aramaic) corresponding to 6:--destroy, perish.
see HEBREW for 06
אֲבַד (a.vad) — to destroy.
1) to perish, vanish
1a) (P'al) shall perish
1b) (Aphel) destroy
1c) (Hophal) be destroyed
Adj | V-Hiphil-Inf-a — Preposition · verb hiphil infinitive construct commonAR/Vhcc
כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It encompasses meanings such as every, any, and none. The term is used in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, indicating totality or completeness.
כֹּל, כָּל־ n.m. the whole, all
base
H3606 כֹּל, כָּל־
3606 kol kole
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3605:--all, any, + (forasmuch) as,
+ be-(for this) cause, every, + no (manner, -ne), + there
(where)-fore, + though, what (where, who)-soever, (the) whole.
see HEBREW for 03605
כֹּל (kol) — all.
1) all, whole, the whole
1a) the whole of, all
1b) every, any, none
Adj | N-ms — Preposition · noun common both singular constructAR/Ncbsc
ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.
(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.
(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).
חַכִּים (chakkiym) means 'wise' and refers to a wise man or a Magian. It is derived from a root associated with wisdom, specifically noted in Strong's H2449. The term appears in contexts that emphasize wisdom.
[חַכִּים] 14 n.m. wise man
base
H2445 חַכִּים
2445 chakkiym khak-keem'
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to 2449; wise, i.e. a
Magian:--wise.
see HEBREW for 02449
חַכִּים (chak.kim) — wise.
wise man, wise
Adj — AdjAAampc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
בָּבֶל (Babel) refers to Babylon, an ancient city associated with confusion due to mixing. The word is derived from Aramaic and is linked to Strong's H894. It is noted as the capital of Babylonia, located on the Euphrates River.
בָּבֶל n.pr.loc. Babylon
base
H895 בָּבֶל, בַּבֶל
895 Babel baw-bel'
(Aramaic) corresponding to 894:--Babylon.
see HEBREW for 0894
בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) — Babylon.
Aramaic of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"
Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates
Adj — Noun properANpl
Babylon
The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of the tribes.” The monumental list of its kings reaches back to B.C. 2300, and includes Khammurabi, or Amraphel (q.v.), the contemporary of Abraham. It stood on the Euphrates, about 200 miles above its junction with the Tigris, which flowed through its midst and divided it into two almost equal parts. The Elamites invaded Chaldea (i.e., Lower Mesopotamia, or Shinar, and Upper Mesopotamia, or Accad, now combined into one) and held it in subjection. At length Khammu-rabi delivered it from the foreign yoke, and founded the new empire of Chaldea (q.v.), making Babylon the capital of the united kingdom. This city gradually grew in extent and grandeur, but in process of time it became subject to Assyria. On the fall of Nineveh (B.C. 606) it threw off…
in the Apocalypse, is the symbolical name by which Rome is denoted. (Revelation 14:8; 17:18) The power of Rome was regarded by the later Jews as was that of Babylon by their forefathers. Comp. (Jeremiah 51:7) with Reve 14:8 The occurrence of this name in (1 Peter 5:13) has given rise to a variety of conjectures, many giving it the same meaning as in the Apocalypse; others refer it to Babylon in Asia, and others still to Babylon in Egypt. The most natural supposition of all is that by Babylon is intended the old Babylon of Assyria, which was largely inhabited by Jews at the time in question.
1. A celebrated city situated on the Euphrates, the original foundation of which is described under the word Babel. Wit this coincide many ancient traditions, while some speak of Semiramis as the founder, and others of Nebuchadnezzar. These accounts may all be reconciled, by supposing that Semiramis rebuilt the ancient city, and the Nebuchadnezzar. These accounts may all be reconciled, by supposing that Semiramis rebuilt the ancient city, and that Nebuchadnezzar afterwards greatly enlarged and adorned it.
Babylon lay in a vast and fertile plain watered by the Euphrates, with flowed through the city. Its walls are described as 60 miles in circumference, 300 feet high, and 75 feet wide, Jer 51:44- 58. A deep trench ran parallel with the walls. In each of the four sides were 25 brazen gates, from which roads crossed to the opposite…
same as Babel