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Definition of Tower of babel
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Ziggurat, Zikkurat, Zikurat
Category relationships: Book Of Genesis, Genesis
Group relationships: Babylon
Definition of Tower of babel
1. Proper noun. (biblical) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A visionary and impractical plan. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of tower of Babel) ¹
4. Noun. (figuratively) A situation where the use of many different languages is a source of confusion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tower Of Babel
Literary usage of Tower of babel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1816)
"... ii generally attributed to the confusion of tongues at the building of the
Tower of Babel 5 an event, tot the singular cause that • Prince* Street, ..."
2. The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History from the Creation to the Death by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"Meaning of the Story of the Tower of Babel. Like the narrative of the sons of
God and the daughters of men (§ V) the story of the Tower of Babel is placed ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The Tower of Babel, mentioned in Gen. ii. :. vu of burnt bricks set in bitumen ;
and the moit magnificent kind of mural decoration ns produced by the use of ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1908)
"The Tower of Babel: a Celestial Love-Drama, 1890. Savonarola: a Tragedy, 1891.
Alfred the Great; fifth edition, 1901. Fortunatus the Pessimist; second ..."
5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"... I tuk keer o' young Miss Agnes, THE tower of babel From "The Gift of the
Morning Star.' Copyright. 1905. by The Funk and Company. ..."
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