Meaning
Babel is a Hebrew proper place name associated with confusion.
Biblical Usage
In Scripture, Babel is the city where people gathered after the Flood to build a city and a tower in the land of Shinar.
Genesis associates the name Babel with the confusion of human language, after which the people were scattered over the face of the earth.
Babel is also identified as part of the beginning of Nimrod’s kingdom.
Key References
- Genesis 10:10
- Genesis 11:1-9
Related Terms
- Tower of Babel
- Shinar
- City
- Confusion of Tongues