Senses
1. Babylon — The city and empire of Babylon (Akkadian Bāb-ilim, 'gate of god'), capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire on the Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia; used throughout the OT as the seat of Nebuchadnezzar's power, the place of Judah's exile, and a symbol of human pride and divine judgment. 262×
AR["بَابِلَ"]·ben["বাবিল","বাবিলের","বাবিলের।","ব্যাবিলনের"]·DE["Babel"]·EN["Babel","Bavel"]·FR["Babel","Babylone"]·heb["בבל"]·HI["बवेल","बाबेल","बाबेल-का","बाबेल-के"]·ID["Babel"]·IT["Babele","Babilonia"]·jav["Babel","Babil","Babèl","Babél"]·KO["바벨","바벨의"]·PT["Bavel"]·RU["Бавеля","Вавилон","Вавилона"]·ES["Babel","Babilonia","Bavel"]·SW["Babeli","wa-Babeli"]·TR["Babil","Babil'in"]·urd["بابل","بابل-کا","بابل-کے"]
Gen 10:10, Gen 11:9, 2 Kgs 17:30, 2 Kgs 20:12, 2 Kgs 20:18, 2 Kgs 24:1, 2 Kgs 24:7, 2 Kgs 24:10, 2 Kgs 24:11, 2 Kgs 24:12, 2 Kgs 24:12, 2 Kgs 24:16 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
בָּבֶ֫ל262 n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon (in Assyrian written Bâb-ili, gate of god DlPa 212, cf. on other hand JenKosmol. 498)—c. ָהloc. בָּבֶ֫לָה Ez 12:13 +, בָּבֶ֑לָה 2 K 20:17 + once מִכָּבֶ֫לָה Je 27:16;—the ancient capital of Babylonia, mod. Hillah, situated on Euphrates, in long. c. 44° 30’ E., and lat. c. 32° 50’ N.; Gn 10:10; 11:9 (where name connected with בלל confuse, confound), both J, not…