Babylon | Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Babylon
BA´BYLON(Βαβυλών), in later times called also Babylonia (Justin (Justin. 1.2; Solin. 100.37: Eth. Βα...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Babylon
Băbylōn, ōnis, f. (gen. Gr. Babylonos, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 653; acc. Gr. Babylona, Prop. 3 (4), 11...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Babylon
The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning "The Gate of God." In the Assyrian tablets it ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Babylon
in the Apocalypse, is the symbolical name by which Rome is denoted. (Revelation 14:8; 17:18) The pow...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Rivers of Babylon
(Ps. 137:1), i.e., of the whole country of Babylonia, e.g., the Tigris, Euphrates, Chalonas, the Ula...

Easton's Bible Dictionary