How to Pronounce Babel

What does Babel mean?

Babel means “confusion; mixture”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Babel?

The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar after the Deluge (Gen. 11:1-9). Their object in building this tower was probably that it might be seen as a rallying-point in the extensive plain of Shinar, to which they had emigrated from the uplands of Armenia, and so prevent their being scattered abroad. But God interposed and defeated their design by condounding their language, and hence the name Babel, meaning “confusion.” In the Babylonian tablets there is an account of this event, and also of the creation and the deluge.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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