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- DictionaryBa·bel/ˈbāb(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a confused noise made by a number of voices: "the babel of voices on the road"
The meaning of BABEL is a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues.
The Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages.
BABEL definition: 1. the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 2…. Learn more.
BABEL meaning: 1. the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 2…. Learn more.
noun. (in the Bible) an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower Tower of Babel intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. (usually lowercase) a confused mixture of sounds or voices. (usually lowercase) a scene of noise and confusion.
1. an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower ( Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9. 2.(usually lc) a confused mixture of sounds or voices. 3.(usually lc) a scene of noise and confusion.
Ba·bel. (bā′bəl, băb′əl) In the Bible, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in Shinar where God confounded a presumptuous attempt to build a tower into heaven by confusing the language of its builders into many mutually incomprehensible languages.
Definitions of Babel. noun. (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. synonyms: Tower of Babel. see more.
A confusion of sounds or voices. Passengers chattering in a babel of tongues at the international airport. American Heritage. A city in Shinar in which Noah's descendants tried to build a very high tower to reach heaven and were prevented by God from doing so by a confusion of tongues: Gen. 11:1-9. Webster's New World.
a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders ( Genesis 11:1–9) b. the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was supposedly built. 2. (often not capital) a. a confusion of noises or voices. b.
