Definition

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

Etymology

from H1101 (בָּלַל); confusion;

Word family

• בָּלַל bâlal

How the KJV renders it

• Babel
• Babylon

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.