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Webster 1913 Edition
Babel
Ba′bel
,Noun.
[Heb.
Bābel
, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of “confusion.”] 1.
The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
Therefore is the name of it called
Babel
. Gen. xi. 9.
2.
Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
That
babel
of strange heathen languages. Hammond.
The grinding
. babel
of the streetR. L. Stevenson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Babel
BA'BEL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Babel
Babel
English
Proper noun
Babel
- The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
- Therefore is the name of it called Babel. - Gen. xi. 9.
Noun
Babel (plural Babels)
- A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages. [from 16th c.]
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 48:
- A babel of languages could be heard in the streets and the squares, mingling with the local Provençal.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 48:
- A place or scene of noise and confusion. [from 16th c.]
- A tall, looming structure. [from 16th c.]
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See also
- Wiktionary Babel for user pages