babel

Definition of Babel in English :

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

tower of babel

2. babel

a confusion of voices and other sounds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Babel

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noun

1. Old Testament

a. Also called: Tower of Babel

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.

a scene of noise and confusion

noun

Issak Emmanuilovich (iˈsak imənuˈiləvitʃ) 1894–1941, Russian short-story writer, whose works include Stories from Odessa (1924) and Red Cavalry (1926)

Babel

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noun

1. Bible

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

2.

an impracticable scheme

3. [also b-]

a.

any confusion of voices or sounds; tumult

b.

a place of such confusion

Iˈsaak (Emmanuilovich) (iˈsɑk ) ; ēsäkˈ) 1894-1940; Russ. writer

Babel

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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.

n.

1. A confusion of sounds or voices: passengers chattering in a babel of tongues at the international airport.

2. A scene or situation of confusion: "a babel of commemorative ceremonies, statues, and tombs sponsored by competing cults of martyred revolutionaries" (Thomas L. Benjamin).

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