capital of Babylon, late 14c., from Hebrew Babhel (Genesis xi), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian K [..]

Babel, tower ofthe name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar after the Deluge ( Genesis 11:1-9 ). Their object in building this tower was probably tha [..]

Babel [N] [S] confusion; mixture

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 a [..]

(confusion), Bab'ylon (Greek form of Babel), is properly the capital city of the country which is called in Genesis Shinar, and in the later books Chaldea, or the land of the Chaldeans. The first [..]

Babel. confusion; mixture

(n) (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understa [..]

A perfect Babel. A thorough confusion. “A Babel of sounds.” A confused uproar, in which nothing can be heard but hubbub. The allusion is to the confusion of tongues at Babel. (Genesi [..]

A collection of tools for internationalizing Python applications. Pyramid does not depend on Babel to operate, but if Babel is installed, additional locale functionality becomes available to your appl [..]

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.''