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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

Βαβυλών

LemmaΒαβυλών
Citation formΒαβυλών, ῶνος, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
GlossBabylon
Strong’sG0897
TransliterationBabylṓn
DefinitionBabylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
KJV glosses:-- Babylon.
Derivationof Hebrew origin ()
SBLGNT occurrences11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Βαβυλὼν
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 14:8
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 16:19
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 17:5
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 18:10
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 18:2
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Revelation 18:21
Βαβυλῶνι
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Peter 5:13
Βαβυλῶνος
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 1:11
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 1:12
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 1:17
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 7:43

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: βαβυλων.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for Βαβυλών with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.