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Babel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Babel? [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 understand one another [n] a confusion of voices and other sounds Synonyms \| Synonyms for Babel: Tower of Babel Related Terms \| Find terms related to Babel: Aesopian language \| argot \| babble \| bedlam \| cacophony \| cant \| cipher \| clamor \| clash \| code \| confusion of tongues \| cryptogram \| double Dutch \| garble \| gibberish \| gift of tongues \| glossolalia \| gobbledygook \| Greek \| harshness \| hell \| jangle \| jar \| jargon \| jumble \| mere noise \| noise \| pandemonium \| racket \| scramble \| secret language \| slang \| static See Also \| Babylon \| confusion \| ziggurat \| zikkurat \| zikurat Babel In Webster's Dictionary \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, 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 street. --R. L. Stevenson.

Babel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Babel?

[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 understand one another
[n] a confusion of voices and other sounds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Babel: Tower of Babel

Babel In Webster's Dictionary

\Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, 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 street.     --R. L.
                                               Stevenson.

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