What does Babylonian mean?
Definitions for Babylonian
ˌbæb əˈloʊ ni ən, -ˈloʊn yənbaby·lo·ni·an
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Princeton's WordNet
Babyloniannoun
an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
Babylonianadjective
the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
Babylonianadjective
of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture
"Babylonian religion"
Wiktionary
Babyloniannoun
An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
Babyloniannoun
An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
Babyloniannoun
An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
Babylonianadjective
Of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon
Babylonianadjective
Of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldea.
Babyloniannoun
The extinct Akkadian (includes Babylonian and Assyrian diatects) language.
ChatGPT
babylonian
Babylonian refers to anything associated with or originating from Babylon, an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq. This can include Babylonian culture, language, architecture, mathematics, laws, and more. It is also used to refer to inhabitants of Babylon or the period of history when Babylon was a major world power (circa 1894 BC to 539 BC).
Webster Dictionary
Babylonianadjective
of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean
Babyloniannoun
an inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean
Babyloniannoun
an astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Babylonian
bab-i-lōn′i-an, adj. pertaining to Babylon: hence (fig.) huge, gigantic: Romish, popish (obs. from the identification with Rome of the scarlet woman of Rev. xvii.); Babel-like, confused in language.—Also Babylon′ish.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Babylonian in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Babylonian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Babylonian in a Sentence
fire pon rome- the rastaman did sing this truth, and like so many he suffered the consequences in babylon. Babylonian catholicism tried to silence him, yet rome was destroyed by nero in an a.D. 64 fire.- the truth.
We have no writing during that period so we know little about them, we do not know what language they spoke but we assume it was an early Semitic language, from which Babylonian and Akkadian evolved and later also Hebrew and Arabic.
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