Strong H896בָּֽבְלַי
Babylonian
- Transliteration
- bablîy
- Pronunciation
- bab-lee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
(Chaldee); patrial from H895; a Babylonian: - Babylonia.
Meaning of the name
Babylonian = "confusion (by mixing)"
Detailed definition
Group of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H894)
In the biblical story
Babylon
Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel.
Babylon, also known as Babel, Sheshak, Merathaim, or Pekod, was an ancient Mesopotamian city that served as the capital of the Babylonian Empire. (Multiple references, see article for details)
In the Bible
Strong H896 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- babylonians1
First verses
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,