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As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.
Adam Sedgwick

Meaning of "Tower of Babel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOWER OF BABEL

Tower of Babel  [ˈtaʊəʳ əv ˈbeɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOWER OF BABEL

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Tower of Babel is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES TOWER OF BABEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel forms the focus of a story told in the Book of Genesis of the Bible. According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar. As the King James version of the Bible puts it: 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOWER OF BABEL


Abel
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able
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Babel
ˈbeɪbəl
cable
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disable
dɪsˈeɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
fable
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gable
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label
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monostable
ˌmɒnəʊˈsteɪbəl
round-table
ˌraʊndˈteɪbəl
sable
ˈseɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
table
ˈteɪbəl
thermostable
ˌθɜːməʊˈsteɪbəl
timetable
ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl
turntable
ˈtɜːnˌteɪbəl
unable
ʌnˈeɪbəl
under-the-table
ˈʌndəðəˈteɪbəl
unstable
ʌnˈsteɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOWER OF BABEL

Tower Hamlets
Tower of London

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOWER OF BABEL

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Isabel
luggage label
mislabel
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radiolabel
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Santa Isabel
Schnabel
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Synonyms and antonyms of Tower of Babel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Tower of Babel» into 25 languages

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The translations of Tower of Babel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tower of Babel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴别塔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Torre de Babel
570 millions of speakers

English

Tower of Babel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोलाहल के टावर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

برج بابل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вавилонская башня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Torre de Babel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাগের টাওয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tour de Babel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menara Babel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Turm von Babel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バベルの塔
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바벨탑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menara Babel
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Tháp Babel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாபேல் கோபுரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंगाट च्या टॉवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Babil Kulesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Torre di Babele
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wieża Babel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Вавилонська вежа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Turnul Babel
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Πύργος της Βαβέλ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Toring van Babel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Babels torn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Babels tårn
5 millions of speakers

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «TOWER OF BABEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Tower of Babel.
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Neil MacGregor
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that fascinated and horrified the Biblical writers, people of different races and languages, drawn together in pursuit of wealth, tried for the first time to live together - and failed.
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Adam Sedgwick
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOWER OF BABEL»

Discover the use of Tower of Babel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tower of Babel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism
The book also includes a discussion of Darwin's own shift from creationist to evolutionist and an extended argument for keeping private religious beliefs separate from public scientific knowledge.
Robert T. Pennock, 2000
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Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors
"Master Books is a divison of the New Leaf Publishing Group, Inc."--Title page verso.
Bodie Hodge, 2013
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Tower of Babel
Retells with pop-up images the Old Testament story of the Tower of Babel.
‎2007
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Globalization, the New Tower of Babel?
" This is a sort of a black box. This book opens the black box of globalization unveiling its roots and making a personal decision on participating in the process possible.
Peter Belohlavek, 2008
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Tower of Babel
Suddenly thunder and lightning strike, making the townsfolk unable to understand each other. A whimsical, irreverent retelling of the Bible story of the Tower of Babel.
A. S. Gadot, 2013
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Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel
The United Federation of Planets has weathered its first major crisis, but its growing pains are just beginning.
Christopher L. Bennett, 2014
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The Tower of Babel
Retells the story of the Tower of Babel and the confusion of languages, as an ant offers comments and asks questions for the reader to consider.
Anne De Graaf, José Pérez Montero, 1998
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Beyond Sociology's Tower of Babel: Reconstructing the ...
If the arguments and alternative interpretations in this book on the problematic nature of sociology's use of scientific method prove to be credible and fruitful, then the implications are profound.
Bernard S. Phillips, 2001
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The Ivory Tower of Babel: Why the Social Sciences are ...
This book examines the history and philosophy of the social sciences and theoretical and empirical research on the impact of social science. Suggestions are offered at the end for enhancing the impact of the social sciences.
David Demers, 2011
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Pieter Bruegel's Tower of Babel: The Builder with the Red Hat
An examination of Bruegel's piece also looks at Antwerp in the sixteenth century and includes reproductions of other works on the subject
‎1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOWER OF BABEL»

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See Resurrected Peas And A Vegetable Fat Tower Of Babel
The Delfina Foundation is a not for profit gallery that's now well into a four-year study into the politics of food; a topic filled with surprising depth, as we've seen in ... «Londonist, May 15»
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The Quality Tower Of Babel
The quest for better health care, driven by measuring safety and quality, is well intentioned and has notable achievements. But like the Biblical story about ... «Health Affairs, Apr 15»
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Meeting for Dinner in the Tower of Babel
In the case of the Tower of Babel, calamity resulted from the hubris of humans, reaching for the heavens. In the case of public health, calamity has resulted from ... «U.S. News & World Report, Mar 15»
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Would Moses retweet that?
In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the people who try to build a tower to reach heaven, against God's wishes, are thwarted when God causes them to start ... «The Times of Israel, Jan 15»
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£300m Tower of Babel that is real threat to Cameron's EU fantasy
Dubbed the Tower of Babel, it was built to house hundreds of translators needed to transcribe every judgment into almost every European language. «Express.co.uk, Nov 14»
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PF has turned into tower of Babel, Kaseba's only CV is Mukamfwilwa …
MukamfwilaMukamfwilaForum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has charged that the Patriotic Front has turned into the biblical tower of Babel. «Zambian Watchdog, Nov 14»
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Lessons From the 'Tower of Babel'
The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11 is a historical narrative of the first recorded form of government gone awry. The apostle Paul wrote, "Now ... «Christian Post, Mar 14»
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Tower of Babel: What did it really mean to “Confound Their …
Jeff and David Larsen have just completed a highly acclaimed scriptural commentary on the stories of Enoch, Noah, and the Tower of Babel. It is available for ... «Meridian Magazine, Feb 14»
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Iraq Wants Jewish Archive to Prove Ownership of the Tower of Babel
The Jewish Iraqi Archive, a collection of bibles and other religious books, as well as personal material like schoolbooks from the former Jews of Iraq, confiscated ... «FrontPage Magazine, Oct 13»
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Tower of Babel moment awaits NSA
The United States is at a key crossroads, trying to regain the trust of its citizens and friendly nations around the world even while it continues to lie and ... «China Daily, Sep 13»

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