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Strong's H895 בַּבֶל (babel)

Babel means “Babylon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G895 — apsychos (“without life”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H895
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 21
Books 2

Strong's H895 Quick Answer

Strong's H895 בָּבֶל (Babel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Babel (baw-bel') n/l. 1. Babylon [(Aramaic) corresponding to H894] It has 21 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include babylon. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Babel (baw-bel') n/l. 1. Babylon [(Aramaic) corresponding to H894]
Usage
21 linked usages
Books
2 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
babylon

Meaning and Definition

Babel (baw-bel') n/l. 1. Babylon [(Aramaic) corresponding to H894] Root(s): H894

Original Word
בָּבֶל
Transliteration
Babel
Derivation
First root strongs: 894
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H895. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Babylon

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H895 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Babel, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Babylon Ezra 5:12 21×

How Strong's H895 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H895 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H895 in the Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Ezra 5:12 KJV

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

Ezra 5:13 KJV

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

Ezra 5:14 KJV

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

Usage Excerpts

First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H895.

Ezra 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
Ezra 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Ezra 5:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Ezra 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Ezra 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
Ezra 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Daniel 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
Daniel 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Daniel 2:48 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:49 Old Testament, KJV
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Daniel 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel 4:29 Old Testament, KJV
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Daniel 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H895, grouped by book.

Ezra 7 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 14 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H895 FAQ

What does babel (בַּבֶל) mean?

Babel (Strong's H895) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Babylon". Babel (baw-bel') n/l. 1. Babylon [(Aramaic) corresponding to H894]

How many times is babel (בַּבֶל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's H895 across 2 books.

Where can I study babel (בַּבֶל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H895 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate babel (בַּבֶל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as babylon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.