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Babel

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tower of babelnoun(biblical) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.

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tower of babelnoun(biblical) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.
babylonnounAny city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
towernounAny very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
applenounA common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
babeldomnounA confused mix of voices, languages, or words and ideas.
shinarnoun(biblical) The southern region of Mesopotamia.
baalathnounA Danite town mentioned in the Bible (Joshua 19:44).
babylonismnounA borrowing or influence from the Babylonian language (a form the Akkadian language) or culture.
balthazarnounA very large wine bottle with the capacity of about 12 liters, equivalent to 16 standard bottles.
baltassarnounAlternative form of Balthazar. [A name ascribed to one of the Magi.]
belteshazzarnoun(biblical) Babylonian name of the biblical prophet Daniel (cf. Daniel 1:7)
zorobabelnounAlternative form of Zerubbabel. [(biblical) a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.]
baalbecknounAlternative form of Baalbek (“city in Lebanon”). [The capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.]
telessarnoun(biblical) A city mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as the destroyed city of the "children of Eden".
baal-gadnoun(biblical) A city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua's victories extended.
bethelnounA holy place.
baʿalnounAlternative spelling of Baal, showing its original pharyngeal consonant. [(mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.]
bimahnounAlternative spelling of bima. [(Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.]
bimanoun(Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.
calahnoun(biblical) Synonym of Nimrud.

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