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Jeremiah 39:3 — Word Study

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WLCוַיָּבֹ֗אוּ כֹּ֚ל שָׂרֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֔ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַתָּ֑וֶךְ נֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר־ אֶ֠צֶר סַֽמְגַּר־ נְב֞וּ שַׂר־ סְכִ֣ים רַב־ סָרִ֗יס נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר־ אֶ֙צֶר֙ רַב־ מָ֔ג וְכָל־ שְׁאֵרִ֔ית שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

BSAThen allkôl [every single one] the officialssar [rulers, princes] of the kingmelek [royal ruler, monarch] of BabylonBâbel [city of confusion, Babel] enteredbôwʼ [came in, approached] and satyâshab [took their seats, dwelled] in the Middletâvek Gateshaʻar [central entrance, midst of the city] Nergal-sharezerNêrᵉgal Sharʼetser [Nergal, prince of fire] of SamgarÇamgar Nᵉbôw [Babylonian general] Nebo-sarsekimSarçᵉkîym [Sarsechim, chief eunuch] the RabsarisRab-Çârîyç [chief of the eunuchs] Nergal-sharezerNêrᵉgal Sharʼetser [Nergal, prince of fire] the RabmagRab-Mâg [high-ranking official, magician] and allkôl [remainder] the restshᵉʼêrîyth of the officialssar [rulers, princes] of the kingmelek [royal ruler, monarch] of BabylonBâbel [city of confusion, Babel]

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Jeremiah 39:3quick helps
In a sentenceBabylonian officials entered and took their seats at the Middle Gate.
Who is speakingThe narrative describes the actions of Babylonian officials.
Where we areThe context is during the siege of Jerusalem.
The hard wordנֵרְגַל
Take awayThe officials of Babylon are gathering at a significant location.
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Deep Study — Jeremiah 39:3

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Context — The Fall of Jerusalemgenerated

2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 39:3 recounts the moment when all the officials of the king of Babylon entered Jerusalem and took their seats at the Middle Gate. This event occurs after the city has been breached, marking a pivotal moment in the Babylonian conquest of Judah. The officials mentioned include notable figures like Nergal-sharezer and Nebo-sarsekim, indicating the presence of high-ranking Babylonian leaders during this critical time.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Jeremiah 1:15For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
2Jeremiah 21:4this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
3Jeremiah 38:17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
4Jeremiah 39:13So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
52 Kings 17:30The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 5 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word נֵרְגַל, ne.re.Galgenerated

The name נֵרְגַל (ne.re.Gal) refers to a Babylonian official, specifically Nergal-sharezer, who is described as a prince of fire. This term is significant as it highlights the roles of Babylonian officials during the siege of Jerusalem, emphasizing their authority and influence.

The parsing of the name shows it as a proper noun in the masculine form, indicating a specific individual rather than a common title. The presence of Nergal-sharezer among the officials underscores the importance of Babylonian leadership in the context of Jerusalem's fall.


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.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb is וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ, and they came, which governs the entire clause. Following this, there are two main actions: entering and sitting, indicating a sequence of events.

The structure emphasizes the gathering of officials at the Middle Gate, a central location in the city, highlighting the importance of their presence during this historical moment.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ as εἰσῆλθον, indicating 'they entered.' This choice aligns with the Hebrew meaning but emphasizes the action of entering rather than the broader sense of coming.

The translation choices in the Septuagint reflect the significance of the officials' actions, focusing on their entrance into a pivotal location during the siege.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Jeremiah 39:3 describes how all the officials of the king of Babylon entered Jerusalem and sat at the Middle Gate. This event occurs after the city was breached, marking a significant moment in the Babylonian conquest of Judah.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

Who were the officials mentioned in this verse?

The officials included Nergal-sharezer, Nebo-sarsekim, and others who held significant positions in the Babylonian administration.

What is the significance of the Middle Gate?

The Middle Gate served as a central entrance in Jerusalem, symbolizing a key location during the siege.

What does the name Nergal-sharezer mean?

Nergal-sharezer means 'Nergal, prince of fire,' indicating a connection to Babylonian deities and power.

Why is this event important?

This event marks the culmination of the Babylonian siege, leading to the fall of Jerusalem and the exile of its people.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. What does the gathering of Babylonian officials at the Middle Gate signify in the context of Jerusalem's fall?
  2. How do the names of the officials reflect the culture and beliefs of Babylon?
  3. What can we learn about the political dynamics at play during the siege of Jerusalem?
  4. In what ways does this event impact the narrative of the Israelites in the following chapters?

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Jeremiah 39:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in,.... Into the city: a breach being made in the walls to take possession of it: and sat in the middle gate; according to Jarchi, this was a gate of

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All the great men of Babylon that were employed in the conduct of the Babylonian army (the city being taken by storm or surprise) entered into it, but rested at the middle gate. The city, they say, was encompassed with two walls, before they came to the wall of the temple; the gate in the inner wall is supposed to have been that which is called the middle gate: they would not at first adventure in further; the city being large and well fortified, there might have been some traps laid for them; they would therefore have their soldiers first clear the streets, and search all places, that they might enter further into the city without hazarding their persons. Some interpreters have examined…

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [even] Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.Ver. 3. In the middle gate.] Called the second gate (Zephaniah 2:10; see Jeremiah 1:15). Jeremiah lived to see many of his prophecies fulfilled. Jerusalem was taken in or about the fortieth year of his prophesying, as it was afterwards by the Romans, in or about the fortieth year after our Saviour’ s ministry started. Even Nergalsharezer, Shamgarnebo.] Here we have a list of the Babylonian princes who first broke into the city. Their names are harsh and…

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(3) In the middle gate.—The term indicates a position in the line of walls between the citadel of Zion—the “upper city” of Josephus (Ant. v. 20. 2), which as yet was not surrendered (Jeremiah 39:4)—and the lower city, in the walls of which a breach had been effected. Here an open space, originally used as a forum, or place of judgment, now gave the Chaldæan generals a central encampment, from which they could command both quarters of the city, and by taking their place in the heart of its life, formally assert their mastery. Each of the names that follow has a meaning and history of its own. Nergal-sharezer.—The first half of the name appears in 2 Kings 17:30 as that of a Cuthite, or…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 3. Sat in the middle gate] The city of Jerusalem stood upon two hills, Sion to the south, and Acra to the north, with a deep valley between them. The gate of the centre, as the term seems plainly to import, was a gate of communication in the middle of the valley, between the two parts of the city, sometimes called the higher and the lower city. The Chaldeans entered the city on the north side by a breach in the walls, and rushing forward and posting themselves in this gate, in the very heart or centre of the city, became thereby masters at will of the whole. Zedekiah with his troop, perceiving this, fled out of the opposite gate on the south side. See Blayney. This is likely; but we…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Jeremiah 39:3. and sat] to carry out the matters arising from the capture. Nergal-sharezer, etc.] From the Eng. it would appear that there are six princes mentioned by name. In fact however there are but four at the most (and probably only two), viz. (a) Nergal-sharezer, (b) Samgar-nebo, (c) Sarsechim, (d) Nergal-sharezer. But (d) is probably an erroneous repetition of (a). Rab-saris (usually explained chief of the eunuchs or chamberlains but more probably chief of the heads, i.e. principal men) and Rab-mag (probably chief of the soothsayers) are the titles of those whose names they follow. Moreover, the first part of Samgar-nebo is probably a corruption of Sar-mag = Rab-mag, chief of the…

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These princes were four: (1) Nergal, Sharezer, i. e., Nirgal-sar-usur (May Nergal protect the king); (2) Samgar-Nebo (Be gracious, O Nebo); (3) Sarsechim. No explanation is given at present of this name. He was Rab-saris, i.

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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

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

All the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer the Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

NETBNew English Translation2006

Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

RVARevised Version, American1894

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

And all the princes of the King of Babel came in, and sate in the middle gate, euen Neregal, Sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Neregal, Sharezer, Rab-mag with all the residue of the princes of the King of Babel.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

and come in do all the heads of the king of Babylon, and they sit at the middle gate, Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, chief of the eunuchs, Nergal-Sharezer, chief of the Mages, and all the rest of the heads of the king of Babylon.

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

and all the heads of the king of Babylon come in, and they sit at the middle gate, Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-Saris, Nergal-Sharezer, chief magus, and all the rest of the heads of the king of Babylon.

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

And then came all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat down in the middle gate; [namely,] Neregal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, the chief of the eunuchs, Neregal-sharezer, the chief of the magi, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nebo-Sarsekim, Samgar Nebo, and Sarsechim, an important official. Nebo-Sarsekim was a high official and all the rest were the officials of the king of Babylon.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Serezer, Rebmag, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

All the officials of the king of Babylon came in and took over the city, making their headquarters at the Middle Gate. They were Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.

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.

וַandclauseverbיָּבֹ֗אוּthey.camenoun phrase · subjectכֹּ֚לallnoun phraseשָׂרֵ֣יthe.officialsnoun phraseמֶֽלֶךְof.the.kingבָּבֶ֔לof.Babylonוַandclauseverbיֵּשְׁב֖וּthey.satprepositional phrase · prepositionalבְּinnoun phraseשַׁ֣עַרthe.gatenoun phraseהַofתָּ֑וֶךְthe.middlenoun phrase · subjectnoun phrasenoun phrasenoun phraseרַב[the].Rab-סָרִ֗יסsarisnoun phrasenoun phraseרַב[the].Rab-מָ֔גmagוְandnoun phraseכָלallnoun phraseשְׁאֵרִ֔יתthe.restnoun phraseשָׂרֵ֖יof.the.officialsnoun phraseמֶ֥לֶךְof.the.kingבָּבֶֽלof.Babylon

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 show some alignment, with the Septuagint capturing only a portion of the Hebrew text. The word order and choice of articles differ, indicating a distinct interpretative approach in the Greek translation.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ כֹּ֚ל שָׂרֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶ֔ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַתָּ֑וֶךְ נֵרְגַ֣ל שַׂר־ אֶ֠צֶר סַֽמְגַּר־ נְב֞וּ שַׂר־ סְכִ֣ים רַב־ סָרִ֗יס נֵרְגַ֤ל שַׂר־ אֶ֙צֶר֙ רַב־ מָ֔ג וְכָל־ שְׁאֵרִ֔ית שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּεἰσῆλθονכֹּ֚לπάντεςשָׂרֵ֣יἡγεμόνεςמֶֽלֶךְ־βασιλέωςבָּבֶ֔לβαβυλῶνοςוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּἐκάθισανבְּשַׁ֣עַרπύλῃהַתָּ֑וֶךְμέσῃרַב־καὶסָרִ֗יסναγαργασνασερ

10 of the 27 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.

Jeremiah 39:3בּוֹאand they caand they cameבּוֹאכֹּלallallכֹּלשַׂר[the] offic[the] officialsשַׂרמֶ֫לֶךְ[the] king [the] king ofמֶ֫לֶךְבָּבֶ֫לBabylonBabylonבָּבֶ֫ליָשַׁבand they saand they satיָשַׁבשַׁ֫עַרin [the] gain [the] gate oשַׁ֫עַרתָּ֫וֶךְthe middlethe middleתָּ֫וֶךְנֵרְגַּלNergal-Nergal-נֵרְגַּלנֵרְגַּלShar-Shar-נֵרְגַּלנֵרְגַּלezerezerנֵרְגַּלסַמְגַּרSamgarSamgarסַמְגַּרסַמְגַּרNebuNebuסַמְגַּרשַׂרְסְכִיםSar-Sar-שַׂרְסְכִיםשַׂרְסְכִים-sekim-sekimשַׂרְסְכִיםרַב[the] Rab-[the] Rab-רַברַבsarissarisרַבנֵרְגַּלNergal-Nergal-נֵרְגַּלנֵרְגַּלShar-Shar-נֵרְגַּלנֵרְגַּלezerezerנֵרְגַּלמָ֑ג[the] Rab-[the] Rab-מָ֑גמָ֑גmagmagמָ֑גכֹּלand alland allכֹּלשְׁאֵרִית[the] rest [the] rest ofשְׁאֵרִיתשַׂר[the] offic[the] officialsשַׂרמֶ֫לֶךְ[the] king [the] king ofמֶ֫לֶךְבָּבֶ֫לBabylonBabylonבָּבֶ֫לנֵרְגָּ֑לNergalNergalנֵרְגָּ֑לרַבmanymanyרַבכָּלַלto perfectto perfectכָּלַלשָׂרַרto ruleto ruleשָׂרַרמָלַךְto reignto reignמָלַךְבָּלַלto mixto mixבָּלַלשָׁעַרto calculato calculateשָׁעַרשָׁאַרto remainto remainשָׁאַרמָ֑גמָ֑גסַמְגַּרSamgar, NeSamgar, Nebu-saסַמְגַּרנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרNebuchadneNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרעֵדָהcongregaticongregationעֵדָהעֲבֹדָהserviceserviceעֲבֹדָהחֲמִשִּׁיםfiftyfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםאַשּׁוּרAsshurAsshurאַשּׁוּרכַּשְׂדִּיםChaldeaChaldeaכַּשְׂדִּיםשַׂרְסְכִיםשַׂרְסְכִיםנְבוּשַׁזְבַֿןNebushazbaNebushazbanנְבוּשַׁזְבַֿן
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Jeremiah 39:3

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.

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּvai.ya.Vo.'u and they came H935 Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine plural
2,573× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This verb means to go or come, and is used in many contexts, such as entering a place or approaching someone, as seen in the book of Genesis. It can also mean to abide or apply, and is translated in various ways in the KJV Bible. This term is related to the name Lebo Hamath.
Amplified meaning
came in, approached
Tyndale gloss
Lebo
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
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בּוֹא (bo) is a Hebrew verb meaning to come or go in, with a wide range of applications including entering, arriving, and bringing in. It can refer to both physical movement and abstract concepts like events coming to pass. The verb appears in various forms, such as Qal (to come), Hiphil (to cause to come), and Hophal (to be brought). There is no significant disagreement among lexicons regarding its meanings.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

בּוֹא 2569 vb. come in, come, go in, go

Qal

come in

come (approach, arrive)

go, i.e. walk, associate with

go from speaker, but with limit of motion given

Hiph.

cause to come in, bring in (conduct, lead, obj. persons and animals)

cause to come, bring, bring near, etc. (animate obj.)

Hoph.

be brought in (of pers. and things)

be brought

be introduced, put

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H935 בּוֹא come in, come, go in, go .. come in

. come (approach, arrive)

. go, i.e. walk, associate with

. go from speaker, but with limit of motion given

. . cause to come in, bring in (conduct, lead, obj. persons and animals)

. cause to come, bring, bring near, etc. (animate obj.)

. . be brought in (of pers. and things)

. be brought

. be introduced, put

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

935 bow' bo

a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of

applications):--abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, +

besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X

certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out,

upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ,

(cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be

fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war),

grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention,

pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken

(in age), X surely, take (in), way.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

בּוֹא (bo) — to come (in): come.

: come/go_in

1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to enter, come in

1a2) to come

1a2a) to come with

1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

1a2c) to come to pass

1a3) to attain to

1a4) to be enumerated

1a5) to go

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to lead in

1b2) to carry in

1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

1b4) to bring to pass

1c) (Hophal)

1c1) to be brought, brought in

1c2) to be introduced, be put

לְב֥וֹא (bo) — Lebo-(Hamath).

This name means to go in, enter

Combined with cha.mat (חֲמָת "Hamath" H2574)

בּוֹא (bo) — to come (in): towards.

: towards/entrance

1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to enter, come in

1a2) to come

1a2a) to come with

1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

1a2c) to come to pass

1a3) to attain to

1a4) to be enumerated

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Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine plural
Hc/Vqw3mp
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
כֹּ֚לkol all H3605 Noun common · masculine singular construct
5,415× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for 'all' or 'everything' is used throughout the Bible, like in Genesis 1:31, where God sees all He has made as very good. It encompasses the entirety of something, whether people, things, or situations.
Amplified meaning
every single one
Tyndale gloss
all
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
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כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It can refer to totality, including every person or thing, and is often used with a following genitive to specify what is included. The term can also denote a broader sense of everything in existence or all circumstances of life. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

Absolutely:

without the art., all things, all

with the art. הַכֹּל

where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all

. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3605 kol kole

or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;

hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a

plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any

(manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as

many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole,

whoso(-ever).

see HEBREW for 03634

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּל (kol) — all.

1) all, the whole

1a) all, the whole of

1b) any, each, every, anything

1c) totality, everything

Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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).

(3) All one, "It is all one" (Job 9:22), "it makes no difference whether I live or die."

(4) At all, "If thy father miss me at all" (1Sa 20:6), "in any way," "in the least."

The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei [the] officials of H8269 Noun common · masculine plural construct
421× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
A leader or person in charge, like a prince or captain, as seen in the Bible with King David and other rulers.
Amplified meaning
rulers, princes
Tyndale gloss
ruler
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
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שַׂר (sar) refers to a leader or ruler, encompassing a range of meanings from prince and chief to official and captain. It denotes various ranks, including military commanders and religious leaders, and can also imply a noble or merchant of high status. The word is derived from a root meaning 'to rule'.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שַׂר 420 n.m. chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8269 שַׂר chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8269 sar sar

from 8323; a head person (of any rank or class):--captain

(that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper,

lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

see HEBREW for 08323

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שַׂר (sar) — ruler.

1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

1a) chieftain, leader

1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)

1c) captain, general, commander (military)

1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

1e) heads, princes (of religious office)

1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)

1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

1h) patron-angel

1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)

1j) warden

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural construct
HNcmpc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh- [the] king of H4428 Noun common · masculine singular construct
2,526× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word refers to a king or royal person, like King David or King Saul. It can also describe something related to a king, like the King's Valley in Genesis. The Bible often uses this word to talk about the rulers of Israel.
Amplified meaning
royal ruler, monarch
Tyndale gloss
King's
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
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The Hebrew word מֶ֫לֶךְ (*melek*) means 'king.' It is derived from a root that suggests royalty. The term appears in various contexts, including references to specific kings and locations, such as the 'King's Highway' in Numbers 20:17 and the 'King's Valley' in Genesis 14:17. The lexicons note its Aramaic equivalent and mention its use in the context of individuals like Hammelech in Jeremiah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 n.m. king

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H4428 מֶ֫לֶךְ king

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

4428 melek meh'-lek

from 4427; a king:--king, royal.

see HEBREW for 04427

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — king.

1) king

Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

הַמֶּלֶךְ (me.lekh) — `the king`.

'the king' or a name, Hammelech in KJV of Jer.36.26; 38.6- a man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;

father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

§ A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;

father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — Milcom.

Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
בָּבֶ֔לba.Vel Babylon H894 Noun proper
262× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Babel refers to Babylon, a city and empire in the Bible, meaning confusion or mixing. It appears in Genesis 11:9 and is associated with the tower of Babel. The city was situated on the Euphrates River.
Amplified meaning
city of confusion, Babel
Tyndale gloss
Babylon
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

בָּבֶ֫ל (Babel) refers to Babylon, an ancient city and capital of Babylonia, associated with the idea of confusion. It is derived from a root meaning 'confusion' and is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Old Testament. The lexicons agree on its meaning and significance, with no noted disagreements.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

בָּבֶ֫ל 262 n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H894 בָּבֶ֫ל Babel, Babylon

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

894 Babel baw-bel'

from 1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including

Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:--Babel, Babylon.

see HEBREW for 01101

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) — Babylon.

§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper
HNpl
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

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…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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…

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

same as Babel

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.Vu and they sat H3427 Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine plural
1,079× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This verb means to sit or dwell, and can also mean to remain or abide. It's used in the Bible to describe people living in a place or staying with someone, like in the book of Genesis.
Amplified meaning
took their seats, dwelled
Tyndale gloss
to dwell
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

יָשַׁב (yashab) is a Hebrew verb meaning to sit, remain, or dwell. It encompasses a range of actions from simply sitting down to more complex ideas like establishing a home or causing a place to be inhabited. The entries indicate various forms, including Qal (to sit), Niphal (to be inhabited), and Hiphil (to cause to dwell). There is an Aramaic equivalent, יְתִב (ye.tiv), meaning 'to dwell'.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָשַׁב 1090 vb. sit, remain, dwell

Qal

sit

sit, sit down

sit down

sit = be set (as a jewel)

remain, stay, tarry

with special emphasis of qualifying phr.

dwell, have one’s abode

of a land or city, sit, abide, seated in its place, fig. for be inhabited

Niph. be inhabited, of land

Pi. and they shall set their encampments in thee

Hiph.

cause to sit

cause to abide

cause to dwell

cause cities to be inhabited

marry (prop. give a dwelling to)

Hoph. and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3427 יָשַׁב sit, remain, dwell

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3427 yashab yaw-shab'

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as

judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to

remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:--(make to)

abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease

self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to)

inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing),

(bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle),

(down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate),

take, tarry.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָשַׁב (ya.shav) — to dwell.

1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to sit, sit down

1a2) to be set

1a3) to remain, stay

1a4) to dwell, have one's abode

1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited

1c) (Piel) to set, place

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to cause to sit

1d2) to cause to abide, set

1d3) to cause to dwell

1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited

1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)

1e) (Hophal)

1e1) to be inhabited

1e2) to make to dwell

Aramaic equivalent: ye.tiv (יְתִב "to dwell" H3488)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine plural
Hc/Vqw3mp
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
בְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'ar in [the] gate of H8179 Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct
374× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this Hebrew word means a gate or door, often referring to city entrances or temple doors, like in Genesis and Exodus. It can also symbolize a meeting place or marketplace. The word is used to describe important locations in the Bible.
Amplified meaning
central entrance, midst of the city
Tyndale gloss
gate
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

שַׁ֫עַר (sha'ar) means 'gate' and is derived from a root that signifies an opening. It encompasses various types of gates, including those of cities, palaces, and temples, as well as metaphorical uses like 'gate of heaven.' The entries consistently highlight its role as an entrance or threshold.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שַׁ֫עַר 373 n.m. gate

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8179 שַׁ֫עַר gate

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8179 sha`ar shah'-ar

from 8176 in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or

gate:--city, door, gate, port (X -er).

see HEBREW for 08176

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) — gate.

: gate

1) gate

1a) gate (of entrance)

1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)

1b1) city, town

1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)

1d) heaven

שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) — gate: town.

: town

1) gate

1a) gate (of entrance)

1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)

1b1) city, town

1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)

1d) heaven

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct
HR/Ncmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
הַתָּ֑וֶךְha.Ta.vekh the middle H8432 Particle · noun common masculine singular absolute
418× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word refers to the middle or center of something, such as a group of people or a physical space. It can also mean among or between things, as seen in various Bible translations.
Tyndale gloss
midst
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

תָּ֫וֶךְ (tavek) means 'midst' or 'middle,' indicating a central position or location. It can also imply being 'among' or 'between' things, particularly in contexts involving separation or division. The term appears in various forms, such as 'into' or 'through,' especially after verbs of motion.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

תָּ֫וֶךְ 416 subst. midst

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8432 תָּ֫וֶךְ subst. midst

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8432 tavek taw'-vek

from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by

implication) the centre:--among(-st), X between, half, X

(there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among),

X out (of), X through, X with(-in).

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) — midst.

1) midst, middle

1a) midst, middle

1b) into, through (after verbs of motion)

1c) among (of a number of persons)

1d) between (of things arranged by twos)

1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art | N-ms — Particle · noun common masculine singular absolute
HTd/Ncmsa
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
נֵרְגַ֣לne.re.Gal Nergal- H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Amplified meaning
Nergal, prince of fire
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nar'-gal (nereghal): A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars, and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2Ki 17:30).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nergal

The great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kings 17:30), the god of war and hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(hero), one of the chief Assyrian and Babylonian deities, seems to have corresponded closely to the classical Mars. (2 Kings 17:30) It is conjectured that he may represent the deified Nimrod.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

One of the gods of the Cuthite heathen who were transplanted into Palestine, 2Ki 7:20. This idol probably represented the planet Mars, which was ever the emblem of bloodshed. Mars is names, by the Zabians and Arabians, ill luck, misfortune. He was represented as holding in one had a drawn sword, and in the other, by the hair, a human head just cut off; his garments were blood red, as the light of the planet is also reddish. His temple among the Arabs was painted red; and they offered to him garments sprinkled with blood, and also a warrior, (probably a prisoner,) who was cast into a pool. The name Nergal appears in the proper names Nergalsharezer. Neriglassar, Jer 39:3,13.

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שַׂר־sar- Shar- H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Amplified meaning
Nergal, prince of fire
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
אֶ֠צֶר'E.tzer ezer H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

e'-zer (`ezer, "help"):

(1) A Horite chief (Ge 36:21; 1Ch 1:38).

(2) A Judahite (1Ch 4:4).

(3) An Ephraimite, slain by men of Gath (1Ch 7:21).

(4) A Gadite who followed David while in exile on account of the wrath of Saul (1Ch 12:9).

(5) One of those who under direction of Nehemiah repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:19).

(6) A musician in one of the great companies appointed by Nehemiah to give thanks at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 12:42).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ezer

Treasure. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, the native princes, “dukes,” of Mount Hor (Gen. 36:21, 27). (2.) 1 Chr. 7:21; (3.) 4:4. (4.) One of the Gadite champions who repaired to David at Ziklag (12:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 3:19). (6.) A priest (12:42).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(treasure). A son of Ephraim, who was slain by the aboriginal inhabitants of Gath while engaged in a foray on their cattle. (1 Chronicles 7:21) (B.C. before 1491.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 12:42) (B.C. 446.) Father of Hushah of the sons of Hur. (1 Chronicles 4:4) One of the Gadite chiefs who fought with David. (1 Chronicles 12:8,9) (B.C. 1054.) One who aided in repairing the wall at Jerusalem; a Levite. (Nehemiah 3:19)

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

a help

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
סַֽמְגַּר־sam.gar- Samgar H5562 Noun proper masculine
2× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Samgar-Nebo was a Babylonian general who served under King Nebuchadnezzar, as mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3. His name means 'sword of Nebo', reflecting his powerful position.
Amplified meaning
Babylonian general
Tyndale gloss
Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ (samgar neb-o) refers to a Babylonian general or officer named Samgar-Nebo, mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3. The name is thought to mean 'sword of Nebo.' The entries indicate that he was associated with King Nebuchadnezzar during the time of the Divided Monarchy.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ n.pr.m. an officer of Nebuchad. acc. to MT Je 39:3

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5562 סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5562 Camgar Nbow sam-gar' neb-o'

of foreign origin; Samgar-Nebo, a Babylonian

general:--Samgar-nebo.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ (sam.gar ne.vo) — Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.3

§ Samgar-nebo = "sword of Nebo"

one of the princes or generals of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
נְב֞וּne.Vu Nebu H5562 Noun proper masculine
2× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Samgar-Nebo was a Babylonian general who served under King Nebuchadnezzar, as mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3. His name means 'sword of Nebo', reflecting his powerful position.
Tyndale gloss
Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ (samgar neb-o) refers to a Babylonian general or officer named Samgar-Nebo, mentioned in Jeremiah 39:3. The name is thought to mean 'sword of Nebo.' The entries indicate that he was associated with King Nebuchadnezzar during the time of the Divided Monarchy.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ n.pr.m. an officer of Nebuchad. acc. to MT Je 39:3

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5562 סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5562 Camgar Nbow sam-gar' neb-o'

of foreign origin; Samgar-Nebo, a Babylonian

general:--Samgar-nebo.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

סַמְגַּר נְבוֹ (sam.gar ne.vo) — Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.3

§ Samgar-nebo = "sword of Nebo"

one of the princes or generals of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שַׂר־sar- Sar- H8310 Noun proper masculine
2× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Amplified meaning
Sarsechim, chief eunuch
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שַׂרְסְכִים n.pr.m. a prince of Nebuch. Je 39:3

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8310 שַׂרְסְכִים

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8310 Sarckiym sar-seh-keem'

of foreign derivation; Sarsekim, a Babylonian

general:--Sarsechim.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שַׂרְסְכִים (sar.se.khim) — Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.3

§ Sarsechim = "prince of the eunuchs"

a ruler or general of Nebuchadnezzar at the taking of Jerusalem

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
סְכִ֣יםse.Khim -sekim H8310 Noun proper masculine
2× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שַׂרְסְכִים n.pr.m. a prince of Nebuch. Je 39:3

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8310 שַׂרְסְכִים

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8310 Sarckiym sar-seh-keem'

of foreign derivation; Sarsekim, a Babylonian

general:--Sarsechim.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שַׂרְסְכִים (sar.se.khim) — Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.3

§ Sarsechim = "prince of the eunuchs"

a ruler or general of Nebuchadnezzar at the taking of Jerusalem

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
רַב־rav- [the] Rab- H7249 Noun common · masculine singular construct
6× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Amplified meaning
chief of the eunuchs
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

רַב 49 n.m. chief

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7249 רַב

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7249 Rab-Cariyc rab-saw-reece'

from 7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain;

Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official:--Rab-saris.

see HEBREW for 07227

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

רַב־סָרִיס (rav-sa.ris) — Rab-saris.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.18.17

1) chief eunuch

2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

רַב־סָרִיס (rav-sa.ris) — Rab-saris.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3

1) chief eunuch

2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
סָרִ֗יסsa.Ris saris H7249 Noun common · masculine singular absolute
6× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

רַב 49 n.m. chief

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7249 רַב

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7249 Rab-Cariyc rab-saw-reece'

from 7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain;

Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official:--Rab-saris.

see HEBREW for 07227

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

רַב־סָרִיס (rav-sa.ris) — Rab-saris.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.18.17

1) chief eunuch

2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

רַב־סָרִיס (rav-sa.ris) — Rab-saris.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3

1) chief eunuch

2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNcmsa — Noun common · masculine singular absolute
HNcmsa
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
נֵרְגַ֤לne.re.Gal Nergal- H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nar'-gal (nereghal): A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars, and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2Ki 17:30).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nergal

The great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kings 17:30), the god of war and hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(hero), one of the chief Assyrian and Babylonian deities, seems to have corresponded closely to the classical Mars. (2 Kings 17:30) It is conjectured that he may represent the deified Nimrod.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

One of the gods of the Cuthite heathen who were transplanted into Palestine, 2Ki 7:20. This idol probably represented the planet Mars, which was ever the emblem of bloodshed. Mars is names, by the Zabians and Arabians, ill luck, misfortune. He was represented as holding in one had a drawn sword, and in the other, by the hair, a human head just cut off; his garments were blood red, as the light of the planet is also reddish. His temple among the Arabs was painted red; and they offered to him garments sprinkled with blood, and also a warrior, (probably a prisoner,) who was cast into a pool. The name Nergal appears in the proper names Nergalsharezer. Neriglassar, Jer 39:3,13.

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שַׂר־sar- Shar- H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
אֶ֙צֶר֙'e.tzer ezer H5371 Noun proper masculine
9× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

נֵרְגַּל שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר n.pr.m. chief soothsayer in train of Nebuchad.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5371 נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5371 Nergal Shar'etser nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser

from 5370 and 8272; Nergal-Sharetser, the name of two

Babylonians:--Nergal-sharezer.

see HEBREW for 05370

see HEBREW for 08272

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר (ne.re.gal shar.e.tser) — Nergal-sar-ezer.

A Babylonian official living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3b

§ Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire"

chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNpm — Noun proper masculine
HNpm
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

e'-zer (`ezer, "help"):

(1) A Horite chief (Ge 36:21; 1Ch 1:38).

(2) A Judahite (1Ch 4:4).

(3) An Ephraimite, slain by men of Gath (1Ch 7:21).

(4) A Gadite who followed David while in exile on account of the wrath of Saul (1Ch 12:9).

(5) One of those who under direction of Nehemiah repaired the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 3:19).

(6) A musician in one of the great companies appointed by Nehemiah to give thanks at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Ne 12:42).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ezer

Treasure. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, the native princes, “dukes,” of Mount Hor (Gen. 36:21, 27). (2.) 1 Chr. 7:21; (3.) 4:4. (4.) One of the Gadite champions who repaired to David at Ziklag (12:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 3:19). (6.) A priest (12:42).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(treasure). A son of Ephraim, who was slain by the aboriginal inhabitants of Gath while engaged in a foray on their cattle. (1 Chronicles 7:21) (B.C. before 1491.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 12:42) (B.C. 446.) Father of Hushah of the sons of Hur. (1 Chronicles 4:4) One of the Gadite chiefs who fought with David. (1 Chronicles 12:8,9) (B.C. 1054.) One who aided in repairing the wall at Jerusalem; a Levite. (Nehemiah 3:19)

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

a help

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
רַב־rav- [the] Rab- H7248 Noun common · masculine singular construct
4× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Amplified meaning
high-ranking official, magician
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מָ֑ג n.m. soothsayer, magian

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7248 מָ֑ג

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7248 Rab-Mag rab-mawg'

from 7227 and a foreign word for a Magian; chief Magian;

Rab-Mag, a Bab. official:--Rab-mag.

see HEBREW for 07227

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

רַב־מָג (rav-mag) — Rab-mag.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3

1) soothsayer, magician, chief soothsayer

2) Rab-mag, chief soothsayer, or chief of princes, an official of Babylonia

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
מָ֔גMag mag H7248 Noun common · masculine singular absolute
4× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מָ֑ג n.m. soothsayer, magian

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7248 מָ֑ג

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7248 Rab-Mag rab-mawg'

from 7227 and a foreign word for a Magian; chief Magian;

Rab-Mag, a Bab. official:--Rab-mag.

see HEBREW for 07227

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

רַב־מָג (rav-mag) — Rab-mag.

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3

1) soothsayer, magician, chief soothsayer

2) Rab-mag, chief soothsayer, or chief of princes, an official of Babylonia

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HNcmsa — Noun common · masculine singular absolute
HNcmsa
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
וְכָל־ve.khol and all H3605 Conjunction · noun common masculine singular construct
5,415× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for 'all' or 'everything' is used throughout the Bible, like in Genesis 1:31, where God sees all He has made as very good. It encompasses the entirety of something, whether people, things, or situations.
Amplified meaning
remainder
Tyndale gloss
all
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It can refer to totality, including every person or thing, and is often used with a following genitive to specify what is included. The term can also denote a broader sense of everything in existence or all circumstances of life. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

Absolutely:

without the art., all things, all

with the art. הַכֹּל

where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all

. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3605 kol kole

or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;

hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a

plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any

(manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as

many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole,

whoso(-ever).

see HEBREW for 03634

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּל (kol) — all.

1) all, the whole

1a) all, the whole of

1b) any, each, every, anything

1c) totality, everything

Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | N-ms — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular construct
HC/Ncmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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).

(3) All one, "It is all one" (Job 9:22), "it makes no difference whether I live or die."

(4) At all, "If thy father miss me at all" (1Sa 20:6), "in any way," "in the least."

The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שְׁאֵרִ֔יתshe.'e.Rit [the] rest of H7611 Noun common · feminine singular construct
66× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for remnant refers to what is left after something has been destroyed or taken away, like the Israelites who survived the Babylonian exile. It appears in books like Isaiah and Jeremiah. The concept of a remnant is key to God's plan for his people.
Tyndale gloss
remnant
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

שְׁאֵרִית (sh'eriyth) refers to a remnant or remainder, indicating what is left over or surviving. It encompasses concepts like residue, descendants, and what has escaped. The word is derived from a root meaning to remain, and it is used in contexts related to survival or continuation.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שְׁאֵרִית n.f. rest, residue, remnant, remainder

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7611 שְׁאֵרִית rest, residue, remnant, remainder

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7611 sh'eriyth sheh-ay-reeth'

from 7604; a remainder or residual (surviving, final)

portion:--that had escaped, be left, posterity, remain(-der),

remnant, residue, rest.

see HEBREW for 07604

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁאֵרִית (she.e.rit) — remnant.

1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant

1a) rest, what is left

1b) remainder, descendants

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular construct
HNcfsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
שָׂרֵ֖יsa.Rei [the] officials of H8269 Noun common · masculine plural construct
421× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
A leader or person in charge, like a prince or captain, as seen in the Bible with King David and other rulers.
Amplified meaning
rulers, princes
Tyndale gloss
ruler
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

שַׂר (sar) refers to a leader or ruler, encompassing a range of meanings from prince and chief to official and captain. It denotes various ranks, including military commanders and religious leaders, and can also imply a noble or merchant of high status. The word is derived from a root meaning 'to rule'.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שַׂר 420 n.m. chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8269 שַׂר chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8269 sar sar

from 8323; a head person (of any rank or class):--captain

(that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper,

lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

see HEBREW for 08323

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שַׂר (sar) — ruler.

1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

1a) chieftain, leader

1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)

1c) captain, general, commander (military)

1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

1e) heads, princes (of religious office)

1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)

1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

1h) patron-angel

1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)

1j) warden

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural construct
HNcmpc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh [the] king of H4428 Noun common · masculine singular construct
2,526× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word refers to a king or royal person, like King David or King Saul. It can also describe something related to a king, like the King's Valley in Genesis. The Bible often uses this word to talk about the rulers of Israel.
Amplified meaning
royal ruler, monarch
Tyndale gloss
King's
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word מֶ֫לֶךְ (*melek*) means 'king.' It is derived from a root that suggests royalty. The term appears in various contexts, including references to specific kings and locations, such as the 'King's Highway' in Numbers 20:17 and the 'King's Valley' in Genesis 14:17. The lexicons note its Aramaic equivalent and mention its use in the context of individuals like Hammelech in Jeremiah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 n.m. king

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H4428 מֶ֫לֶךְ king

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

4428 melek meh'-lek

from 4427; a king:--king, royal.

see HEBREW for 04427

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — king.

1) king

Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

הַמֶּלֶךְ (me.lekh) — `the king`.

'the king' or a name, Hammelech in KJV of Jer.36.26; 38.6- a man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;

father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

§ A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;

father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — Milcom.

Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) — King's.

King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular construct
HNcmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

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…

and they came all [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon and they sat in [the] gate of the middle Nergal- Shar- ezer Samgar Nebu Sar- -sekim [the] Rab- saris Nergal- Shar- ezer [the] Rab- mag and all [the] rest of [the] officials of [the] king of Babylon
בָּבֶֽל׃ba.Vel Babylon H894 Noun proper
262× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Babel refers to Babylon, a city and empire in the Bible, meaning confusion or mixing. It appears in Genesis 11:9 and is associated with the tower of Babel. The city was situated on the Euphrates River.
Amplified meaning
city of confusion, Babel
Tyndale gloss
Babylon
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

בָּבֶ֫ל (Babel) refers to Babylon, an ancient city and capital of Babylonia, associated with the idea of confusion. It is derived from a root meaning 'confusion' and is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Old Testament. The lexicons agree on its meaning and significance, with no noted disagreements.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

בָּבֶ֫ל 262 n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H894 בָּבֶ֫ל Babel, Babylon

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

894 Babel baw-bel'

from 1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including

Babylonia and the Babylonian empire:--Babel, Babylon.

see HEBREW for 01101

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) — Babylon.

§ Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
N-proper — Noun proper
HNpl
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

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…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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…

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

same as Babel

Sources on this page. Lexicons and dictionaries imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones, Robinson and Packard, Webster and Cawdrey. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Harper, 1889 — Grimm’s Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti, translated, revised and enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer) is public domain and is set here from the Internet Archive page scan greekenglishlex00grim; it is uncorrected OCR, marked as such on the entry itself, and the Strong’s numbers — which Thayer’s own edition does not carry — were matched by lemma against the other modules on this page. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (Macmillan, 1880) and Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, which entered the United States public domain on 1 January 2026) are set from Internet Archive page scans synonymsofnewtes00treniala and vocabularyofgree00mouluoft, and are likewise uncorrected OCR matched to Strong’s numbers by lemma. Trench treats a group of words at once, so the same essay stands on the page of each word it compares. The Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary is © 1993 and is used here by permission for non-commercial use, www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary. The full Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Hebrew word data (TAHOT) come from STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs is the OpenScriptures digitisation, public domain. Syntax analysis is the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (biblicalhumanities.org); the concordance and morphology are built from the tagged Nestle 1904 text. Septuagint occurrences use the Open Scriptures Septuagint lemma index, derived from CCAT (University of Pennsylvania) and the Rahlfs 1935 dataset by Eliran Wong, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — used here on a non-commercial ministry site. Greek of Josephus and Barnabas from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Commentaries and the Ante-Nicene Fathers are public-domain texts hosted on this site. Everyday Greek from the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, CC BY 3.0, with dates and provenance from the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis. Philo and the Apostolic Fathers from Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek), CC BY-SA 4.0. The apparatus and the fifth Greek column are the SBL Greek New Testament, © 2010 SBL and Logos Bible Software, CC BY 4.0. The Latin is the Clementine Vulgate (public domain); the Syriac New Testament is the ETCBC edition (MIT licence). The Hebrew behind the Greek is computed here from the Septuagint index and TAHOT, not taken from any aligned edition. The translation spread and the per-word edition marks come from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0); clause roles from the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (CC BY-SA 4.0); place identifications and their confidence from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), with map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Gospel parallels are computed here from shared uncommon vocabulary, not taken from any printed harmony. Cross references are the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the subject headings are Nave’s Topical Bible, both public domain. Works under Creative Commons licences are used unchanged apart from markup removal.

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