BABYLONIANS bab-i-lo'-ni-anz: The inhabitants of BABYLONIA (which see). They were among the colonists planted in Samaria by the Assyrians (Ezra 4:9). "The likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea" (Ezekiel 23:15) refers to the pictures which were common on the walls of Babylonian palaces, and the reports of them being heard in Jerusalem, or copies o

BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY See CAPTIVITY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BABYLONIA bab-i-lo'-ni-a 1. Mounds 2. Explorations 3. Names 4. Semites 5. Sumerians 6. Home of the Semites 7. Immigration 8. Language 9. Script 10. Architecture 11. Art 12. Literature 13. Libraries 14. Personal Names 15. History of Kingdoms 16. Kish 17. Lagash 18. Adab 19. Nippur 20. Erech 21. Larsa 22. Shuruppak 23. Kisurra

BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF _I. DEFINITION_ 1. First Period 2. Second Period 3. Third Period _II. THE SOURCES_ _III. THE HISTORY_ _IV. THE PANTHEON_ 1. Enlil, Ellil 2. Anu 3. Ea 4. Sin 5. Shamash 6. Ishtar 7. Marduk (Old Testament Merodach) 8. Nabu (Old Testament Nebo) 9. Nergal, the city god of Kutu (Old Testament Guthah) 10

BABYLON IN THE OLD TESTAMENT See BABEL, BABYLON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BABYLON IN THE OLD TESTAMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BABYLON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT Babylon Babulon, is used in New Testament in at least two different senses: 1. Mesopotamian Babylon: In Matthew 1:11,12,17; Acts 7:43 the old Mesop city is plainly meant. These all refer to the captivity in Babylon and do not demand any further discussion. 2. Symbolic Sense: All the references to Babylon in Re are e

BABI ba'-bi (Codex Alexandrinus, Babi; Codex Vaticanus, Baier = Bebai (Ezra 8:11)). The descendants of Babi returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 8:37). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BABI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BABEL, BABYLON (2) @babhel; Assyro-Bab Bab-ili, (Bab-ilani, "gate of god," or "of the gods," rendered in Sumerian as Ka-dingira, "gate of god," regarded as a folk-etymology): See BABEL, TOWER OF, section 14. 1. Names by Which the City Was Known 2. Probable Date of Its Foundation 3. Its Walls and Gates from Herodotus 4. Its Position, Divisions,

BABEL, TOWER OF This expression does not occur in the Old Testament, but is used popularly for the tower mighdol built by the inhabitants of the world who, traveling in the East, built a city on the Plain of Shinar, with a tower "whose top may reach unto heaven"-- an expression which is regarded as meaning "a very high tower." 1. General Form of B

BABEL, BABYLON (1) ba'-bel, bab'-i-lon (Topographical): Babylon was the Greek name of the city written in the cuneiform script of the Babylonians, bab-ili, which means in Semitic, "the gate of god." The Hebrews called the country, as well as the city, Babhel. This name they considered came from the' root, balal, "to confound" (Genesis 11:9). The n

BABBLING bab'-ling siach; the Revised Version (British and American) COMPLAINING): The consequence of tarrying long at the wine (Proverbs 23:29 the King James Version); lalia, the Revised Version (British and American) "talk" (Ecclesiasticus 19:6; 20:5 the King James Version); kenophonia, literally, "making an empty sound" (1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timot

BABE bab: (1) na`ar; pais of a male infant 3 months old (Exodus 2:6) translated elsewhere "boy" or "lad." (2) `olel, ta`alulim, in the general sense of "child" (Psalms 8:2; 17:14; Isaiah 3:4). (3) brephos an unborn or newborn child (King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) of Luke 1:41,44; 2:12,16; 1 Peter 2:2 and the Re

BABBLER bab'-ler ba`al ha-lashon; the King James Version of Ecclesiastes 10:11 literally, "master of the tongue"; the Revised Version (British and American) CHARMER; lapistes, the King James Version of Ecclesiasticus 20:7; the Revised Version (British and American) BRAG; spermologos; the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and Ameri

BAASEIAH ba-a-si'a, ba-a-se'-ya ba`aseyah, ("the Lord is bold"): Perhaps for ma`aseyah, after the Greek Maasai, B, Maasai, "the work of the Lord." Compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 293. An ancestor of Asaph, the musician (1 Chronicles 6:40). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D

BAASHA ba'-a-sha ba`sha', ("boldness"): King of Israel. Baasha, son of Ahijah, and of common birth (1 Kings 16:2), usurped the throne of Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, killed Nadab and exterminated the house of Jeroboam. He carried on a long warfare with Asa, the king of Judah (compare Jeremiah 41:9), began to build Ramah, but was prevented from comp

BAARA ba'-a-ra ba`ara', ("the burning one"): A wife of the Benjamite Shaharaim (1 Chronicles 8:8). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAARA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAANIAS ba-a-ni'as. See BANNEAS (Apocrypha). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAANIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAANI ba'-a-ni (A, Baani; B, Baanei; the King James Version Maani =Bani [Ezra 10:34]): The descendants of Baani put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:34). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BAANI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

BAANAH ba'-a-na ba`anah, ("son of oppression"): (1) Captain in the army of Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4:2). (2) Father of Iteleb, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30). (3) Returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem; a leader and one who sealed the covenant (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7; 10:27). See BAANA (4). Copyright Statement These

BAALZEBUB ba-al-ze'-bub ba`al zebhubh = "Lord of flies"; Baal-muian: A deity worshipped by the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2,3,6,16). All that can be gathered from this one reference to him in ancient literature is that he had some fame as a god that gave oracles. Ahaziah, son of Ahab, and king of Israel, went to consult him whether he should