G897: Βαβυλών (Babylṓn)

G897 Βαβυλών (Babylṓn)

Greek

Quick Definition

Βαβυλών, ῶνος, ἡ n.f. Babylon

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (894); Babylon, the capitol of Chaldaea (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))

KJV Usage: Babylon

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Βαβυλών (G0897)

noun-name, f. | -ῶνος

93.420 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Babylon the capital of Babylonia Βαβυλών also occurs as a symbol of demonic world power (REV 14:8; REV 16:19).

MAT 1:11 · MAT 1:12 · MAT 1:17 · MAT 1:17 · ACT 7:43 · 1PE 5:13 · REV 14:8 · REV 16:19 · REV 17:5 · REV 18:2 · REV 18:10 · REV 18:21

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Βαβυλών, -dvos, ἡ, (Hebr. a3 fr. 553 to confound, ace. to Gen. xi. 9; ef. Aeschyl. Pers. 52 Βαβυλὼν δ᾽ ἡ ἡ πολύχρυσος πάμμικτον ὄχλον πέμπει σύρδην. But more correctly, as it seems, fr. 53 383 the gate i. e. the court or city of Belus [Assyr. Bab-Il the Gate of God; (perh. of Tl, the supreme God); ef. Schrader, Keilinschr. ἃ. d. | Babive Alt. Test. 2te Aufl. p. 127 sq.; Oppert in the Zeitsch. d. Deutsch. Morg. Gesellschaft, viii. p. 4357), 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 Ilystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed [Ὁ] 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 Β. D.s.v. and his Herodotus, vol. i. Essays vi. and viii., vol. ii. Essay iv.] The name is used in the Neues 1. of the city itself: Acts vii. 43; 1 Pet. v. 13 (where some have understood Babylon, a small town in Egypt, to be referred to; but in opposition ef. Mayerhoff, Kini. in die petrin. Schriften, p. 126 sqq.; [ef. 3 fin. below]). 2. of the territory, Babylonia: Mt. i. 11 sq. 17; [often so in Grk. writ.]. 3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity : Rev. xiv. 8 [here Rec.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Βαβυλών Babylōn 12x

Babylon, 1 Pet. 5:13

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Βαβυλών, -ῶνος, ἡ

(בָּבֶל, Heb. form of Assyr. Bab-ili, Gate of God),

Babylon: Mt 1:11, 12, 17, Ac 7:43(LXX); symbolically, of Rome: Re 14:8 16:19 17:5 18:2, 10, 21, and prob. also I Pe 5:13.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Βαβυλών. P Tand τ 51:5 (iv/A.p.) has Βαβ[υ]λ[ζῷν]α in a fragmentary context. See also P Flor 11. 278%-8 (ii/A.p.), a letter addressed στρατ]ηγῶι ᾿Αραβία(ς), where he is instructed καμήλους ods προσέταξεν ἄρρενας kal ῥωμαλέους, δυναμένους ταῖς πορείαις ὑπηρετεῖν, ἢ αὐτὸς ἄγαγε ἢ διά τινος τῶν σῶν πέμψον εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Βαβυλών (Babulōn) — Babylon. Βαβυλών, -ῶνος, ἡ (בָּבֶל, Heb. form of Assyr. Bab-ili, Gate of God), Babylon: Mat.1:11, 12 17, Act.7:43" (LXX) ; symbolically, of Rome: Rev.14:8 16:19 17:5 18:2, 10, 21, and prob. also 1Pe.5:13.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)