🔄 Synonyms of "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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| Word | Definition |
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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. |
| babylonnoun | Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice. |
| towernoun | Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper. |
| applenoun | A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. |
| babeldomnoun | A confused mix of voices, languages, or words and ideas. |
| shinarnoun | (biblical) The southern region of Mesopotamia. |
| baalathnoun | A Danite town mentioned in the Bible (Joshua 19:44). |
| babylonismnoun | A borrowing or influence from the Babylonian language (a form the Akkadian language) or culture. |
| balthazarnoun | A very large wine bottle with the capacity of about 12 liters, equivalent to 16 standard bottles. |
| baltassarnoun | Alternative form of Balthazar. [A name ascribed to one of the Magi.] |
| belteshazzarnoun | (biblical) Babylonian name of the biblical prophet Daniel (cf. Daniel 1:7) |
| zorobabelnoun | Alternative form of Zerubbabel. [(biblical) a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.] |
| baalbecknoun | Alternative 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. |
| bethelnoun | A holy place. |
| baʿalnoun | Alternative 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.] |
| bimahnoun | Alternative 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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