noun · feminine
babulōnas
Strong’sG897
Babylon
stem babulōn-12 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Babylon, the capital city of Chaldæa 2, named from a Hebrew form of the Assyrian "Bab-ili," meaning Gate of God 13. In its literal sense it refers to this actual city 1234.
The name is also used symbolically, as a type of tyranny 2, applied to Rome 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Βαβυλών, -ῶνος, ἡ
(בָּבֶל, Heb. form of Assyr. Bab-ili, Gate of God),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G897 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbab-oo-lone'
Babylon, the capitol of Chaldæa (literally or figuratively (as a type of tyranny))
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesBabylon.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Babylon:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | babulōnas5×Βαβυλὼν | babulōnais |
| object accusative | babulōnan | babulōnain |
| direct address vocative | babulōnar1×Βαβυλὼν | babulōnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | babulōnau5×Βαβυλῶνος | babulōnaiu |
| to, for dative | babulōna1×Βαβυλῶνι | babulōnai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
babulōna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
babulōnas“Babylon”subjectnominative singular5×
Revelation 14:8… deuteros angelos akolouthata legarōntos; Piptata, piptata Babulōnas tas megas, has ek tou oinou …… angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all …
Revelation 16:19… tais polais teiu ethneiu piptala; kai Babulōnas tas megas mimnēskita enōpion tou theou …… the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the …
Revelation 17:5… tem metōpem autau onomem graforēntem, mustēriem, Babulōnas tas megas, tas mētēras taiu pornaiu …… forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES …
Revelation 18:2… en ischura fōna legarōntos; Piptata, piptata Babulōnas tas megas, kai geneta katoikētēriem daimoneiu …… a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a …
Revelation 18:21… tan thalassan legarōntos; Houtōs hormēme baliti Babulōnas tas megas polas, kai ouk mē …… such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to …
babulōnar“Babylon”direct addressvocative singular1×
Revelation 18:10… Ouai ouai, tas polar tas megar, Babulōnar tas polar tas ischurar, hoti hena …… great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your …
babulōnau“Babylon”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 1:11… toin adelfoin autou epi tau metoikesiau Babulōnau.… the time of the exile to Babylon.
Matthew 1:12Meta de tan metoikesian Babulōnau Iechonios gennata ton Salathiēl, Salathiēl de …After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel …
Matthew 1:17… kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau …… from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to …
Matthew 1:17“Babylon”… geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.… to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
Acts 7:43… proskunarō autoi. kai metoikizami vin epekeina Babulōnau.… will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
babulōna“Babylon”to, fordative singular1×
1 Peter 5:13aspazotō vin tas en Babulōna suneklektas kai Markos tos huios mu.The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you …