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The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings.
Julius Wellhausen

Meaning of "Babylonian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BABYLONIAN

Babylonian  [ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BABYLONIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Babylonian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BABYLONIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Babylonian

Babylonian may refer to: ▪ Babylon, a Semitic Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia founded in 1894 BC ▪ Babylonia, an ancient Akkadian-speaking Semitic nation state and cultural region based in central-southern Mesopotamia ▪ Babylonian language, a dialect of the Akkadian language...

Definition of Babylonian in the English dictionary

The first definition of Babylonian in the dictionary is an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia. Other definition of Babylonian is the extinct language of Babylonia, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a dialect of Akkadian. Babylonian is also of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BABYLONIAN


Amazonian
æməˈzəʊnɪən
Apollonian
ˌæpəˈləʊnɪən
Bostonian
bɒsˈtəʊnɪən
Caledonian
ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪən
chelonian
kɪˈləʊnɪən
draconian
dreɪˈkəʊnɪən
Estonian
ɛˈstəʊnɪən
Hamiltonian
ˌhæməlˈtəʊnɪən
Ionian
aɪˈəʊnɪən
Jacksonian
dʒækˈsəʊnɪən
Macedonian
ˌmæsɪˈdəʊnɪən
Newtonian
njuːˈtəʊnɪən
parkinsonian
ˌpɑːkɪnˈsəʊnɪən
phaelonion
fɪˈləʊnɪən
phelonion
fɪˈləʊnɪən
Scillonian
sɪˈləʊnɪən
Smithsonian
smɪθˈsəʊnɪən
Solonian
səʊˈləʊnɪən
Thessalonian
ˌθɛsəˈləʊnɪən
Torontonian
tɒrənˈtəʊnɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BABYLONIAN

Baby-gro
baby-minder
baby-minding
baby-mother
baby-scales
baby-sit
baby-sitter
baby-sitting
baby-walker
baby´s-breath
babycino
babydoll
babyhood
babyish
babyishly
Babylon
Babylonia
Babylonian captivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE BABYLONIAN

Baconian
calypsonian
Cameroonian
chthonian
Devonian
Etonian
favonian
Franconian
gorgonian
Hambletonian
Jeffersonian
Miltonian
New Caledonian
Oxonian
Patagonian
Plutonian
Romanian
Slavonian
the Devonian
Washingtonian
Wilsonian

Synonyms and antonyms of Babylonian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Babylonian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BABYLONIAN

Find out the translation of Babylonian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Babylonian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Babylonian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴比伦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Babilonia
570 millions of speakers

English

Babylonian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेबीलोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البابلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вавилонский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

babilônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাবিলনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

babylonien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Babylonian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

babylonisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バビロニア人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바빌론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Babil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Babylon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாபிலோனிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅबलोनीयन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Babilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

babilonese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

babilońskiej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вавилонський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

babilonian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βαβυλωνιακή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Babiloniese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

babyloniska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

babylonske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Babylonian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BABYLONIAN»

The term «Babylonian» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.865 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BABYLONIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Babylonian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Babylonian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Babylonian

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QUOTES WITH «BABYLONIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Babylonian.
1
Julius Wellhausen
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABYLONIAN»

Discover the use of Babylonian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Babylonian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Babylonian Genesis: The Story of the Creation
Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material.
Alexander Heidel, 2009
2
A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic ...
Another important feature in this invaluable reference work is its index of all cited passages, which allows the reader of a given text to easily find the semantics of a particular word.
Michael Sokoloff, 2002
3
Babylonian Topographical Texts
The text editions and translations are supplemented by a philological and topical commentary. The work is concluded with full indices, and 57 plates of cuneiform copies.
A. R. George, 1992
4
Babylonian Wisdom Literature
An introductory chapter describes the cosmological background against which the works are to be set. Philological notes and a glossary complete the volume.
Wilfred G. Lambert, 1996
5
Babylonian Magic and Sorcery: Being the Prayers of the ...
But this is not all that King provides. He transliterated and, where the tablets are complete, translated in full.
Leonard W. King, 2000
6
Mesopotamian Astrology: An Introduction to Babylonian and ...
This book is intended to serve as a general introduction to Mesopotamian astrology, both its outward phenomena and its inner structure.
Ulla Susanne Koch, 1995
7
Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine: Ancient ...
Diagnoses in Assyrian and Babylonian Medicine is the first systematic study of all the available texts, which together reveal a level of medical knowledge not matched again until the nineteenth century A.D. Over the course of a millennium, ...
‎2005
8
Babylonian Horoscopes
This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes--with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary.
Francesca Rochberg, 1998
9
Babylonian Tarot
Babylonian Tarot is beautifully original in concept and design, yet faithful to tarot tradition.
Sandra Tabatha Cicero, 2006
10
The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other ...
Translated with an Introduction by Andrew George.
Andrew George, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABYLONIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Babylonian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Say Hello to the Internet's Biggest Jewish Stars
“Upon returning from Babylonian exile, the ingathered exiles led by Ezra the Scribe and Nehemiah gathered together in Jerusalem and read ... «Forward, Jul 15»
2
“Window on a lost world”: rediscovered papyri at UBC shed light on …
That all changed in 2014, when Chelsea Gardner – a PhD student in classics at UBC – approached RBSC in order to obtain some Babylonian ... «University of British Columbia, Jul 15»
3
3 Weeks Halachos
... built by Shlomo HaMelech was destroyed by the Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar and we were sent into the Babylonian exile. «Yeshiva World News, Jul 15»
4
MAX CAVALERA On 'Archangel': I Have Not Been As Excited About …
There's some riffs that are very Middle Eastern riffs and kind of Babylonian riffs. So it's pretty cool. That's from me listening to MELECHESH and ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»
5
Iran's Susa, Meimand adorn UNESCO World Heritage List
The Code of Hammurabi, a stele bearing the most complete and perfect extant collection of Babylonian laws developed during the reign of ... «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
6
Balak and Fast of the 17th of Tammuz:
(As Jeremiah 39:2 records, the Babylonian army breached the walls of Jerusalem on the 9th of Tammuz, which was commemorated as a day of ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
7
Everything converges in September of 2015.
This was also the reason given as to why Israel went into the Babylonian captivity for 70 years as they did not keep the law for 490 or 7 x 70 ... «News24, Jul 15»
8
'Star of Bethlehem' Reappears After 2000 Years: Photos of the Rare …
Considering that the Babylonian astronomers/astrologists - the Magi - 2,000 years ago had seen the celestial event in their respective countries ... «Latinos Post, Jul 15»
9
Building A New Life On Foreign Soil
We will detail the experience of the Babylonian exiles. No words capture the exiles' initial sense of loss and despair better than those of the ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
10
Abe's ill-conceived university policy
... ancient Babylonian – can help people provide direct value to organisations, rather than appeals to general values of civilisation that actually, ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Babylonian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/babylonian>. Apr 2024 ».
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