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Babylon
Strong's Definition
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H0894);
KJV Usage: Babylon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Βαβυλών, Βαβυλῶνος, ἡ (Hebrew αΘΜαΖμ from αΘΜμΗμ to confound, according to Gen_11:9; cf. Aeschylus Pers. 52 Βαβυλών δ' ἡ πολύχρυσος παμμικτον ὄχλον πέμπει σύρδην. But more correctly, as it seems, from αΗΜμ αΘΜΰα the gate i. e. the court or city of Belus (Assyr.Bab-Il the Gate of God; (perhaps of Il, the supreme God); cf. Schrader, Keilinschr. u. d. Alt. Test. 2te Aufl., p. 127f; Oppert in the Zeitsch. d. Deutsch. Morg. Gesellschaft, viii., p. 595)), Babylon, formerly a very celebrated and large city, the residence of the Babylonian kings, situated on both banks of the Euphrates. Cyrus had formerly captured it, but Darius Hystaspis threw down its gates and walls, and Xerxes destroyed (?) the temple of Belus. At length the city was reduced almost to a solitude, the population having been drawn off by the neighboring Seleucia, built on the Tigris by Seleucus Nicanor. (Cf. Prof. Rawlinson in B. D. under the word and his Herodotus, vol. i. Essays vi. and viii., vol. ii. Essay iv.) The name is used in the N. T.
1. of the city itself: Act_7:43; 1Pe_5:13 (where some have understood Babylon, a small town in Egypt, to be referred to; but in opposition cf. Mayerhoff, Einl. in die petrin. Schriften, p. 126ff; (cf. 3 at the end below)).
2. of the territory, Babylonia: Matthew 1:11 f, 17 ; (often so in Greek writings).
3. allegorically, of Rome as the most corrupt seat of idolatry and the enemy of Christianity: Rev_14:8 (here Rec.elz Βαβουλων); (in the opinion of some 1Pe_5:13 also; (cf. 1 at the end, above)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Βαβυλών Babylōn 12x
Babylon, 1Pe_5:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Βαβυλών , -ῶνος , ἡ
( H894 , Heb . form of Assyr. Bab-ili, Gate of God ), Babylon: Mat_1:11-12 ; Mat_1:17 , Act_7:43 ( LXX ); symbolically, of Rome: Rev_14:8 ; Rev_16:19 ; Rev_17:5 ; Rev_18:2 ; Rev_18:10 ; Rev_18:21 , and prob. also 1Pe_5:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Βαβυλών [page 101]
P Iand 15 iii. 5 (iv/A.D.) has Βαβ [υ̣]λ [ω̣ν̣]α in a fragmentary context. See also P Flor II. 278 ii. 8 (ii/ A.D.), a letter addressed στρατ ]ηγῶι Ἀραβία (ς ), where he is instructed καμήλους οὓς προσέ ]ταξεν ἄρρενας καὶ ῥωμαλέους , δυναμένους ταῖς πορείαις ὑπηρετεῖν , ἢ αὐτὸς ἄγαγε ἢ διά τινος τῶν σῶν πέμψον εἰς Βαβυλῶνα .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Βαβυλών, -ῶνος, ἡ (בָּבֶל, Heb. form of Assyr. Bab-ili, Gate of God),
Babylon: Mat.1:11, 12 17, Act.7:43" (LXX) ; symbolically, of Rome: Rev.14:8 16:19 17:5 18:2, 10, 21, and prob. also 1Pe.5:13.†
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