Βαβυλών
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.by.lɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ba.byˈlon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βa.βyˈlon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /va.vyˈlon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /va.viˈlon/
Proper noun
Βᾰβῠλών • (Băbŭlṓn) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλῶνος); third declension
- Babel
- (historical) Babylon (an ancient city in Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Βᾰβῠλών hē Băbŭlṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος tês Băbŭlônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Βᾰβῠλῶνῐ têi Băbŭlônĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Βᾰβῠλῶνᾰ tḕn Băbŭlônă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βᾰβῠλών Băbŭlṓn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Βᾰβῠλωνεύς (Băbŭlōneús)
- Βᾰβῠλωνία (Băbŭlōnía)
- Βᾰβῠλωνιακός (Băbŭlōniakós)
- Βᾰβῠλώνιοι (Băbŭlṓnioi)
- Βᾰβῠλώνιος (Băbŭlṓnios)
- Βᾰβῠλωνίς (Băbŭlōnís)
Descendants
References
- “Βᾰβῠλών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Βαβυλών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “Βαβυλών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G897 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
- Strong's Concordance number: G897
