Βαβυλών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔ̌ːn/ → /βa.βyˈlon/ → /va.viˈlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.byˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.βyˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.vyˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.viˈlon/

Proper noun

Βᾰβῠλών • (Băbŭlṓn) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλῶνος); third declension

1. Babel
2. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Βᾰβῠλών; τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βᾰβῠλών hē Băbŭlṓn
Genitive	τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος tês Băbŭlônos
Dative	τῇ Βᾰβῠλῶνῐ tēî Băbŭlônĭ
Accusative	τὴν Βᾰβῠλῶνᾰ tḕn Băbŭlônă
Vocative	Βᾰβῠλών Băbŭlṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βᾰβῠλωνεύς (Băbŭlōneús)
• Βᾰβῠλωνία (Băbŭlōnía)
• Βᾰβῠλωνιακός (Băbŭlōniakós)
• Βᾰβῠλώνιοι (Băbŭlṓnioi)
• Βᾰβῠλώνιος (Băbŭlṓnios)
• Βᾰβῠλωνίς (Băbŭlōnís)

Descendants

• Greek: Βαβυλών (Vavylón), Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna)
• Latin: Babylōn
• Russian: Вавилон (Vavilon)

References

• “Βᾰβῠλών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βαβυλών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Βαβυλών”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G897 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• Strong's Concordance number: G897

Further reading

• Babylon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia