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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 [a] is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis [1] meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to the story, a united human race speaking a single language and migrating eastward, comes to the land of Shinar (Hebrew: שִׁנְעָר , romanized: Šinʿār ...
BABEL definition: 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.
BABEL meaning: 1. the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 2…. Learn more.
Discover the meaning of Babel in the Bible. Study the definition of Babel with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
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.
