Accad = "subtle"

1. a city in north Babylonia, also the district around it

Erech = "long"

1. a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

Babel or Babylon = "confusion (by mixing)"

1. Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"

1. a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod

   1. maybe modern 'Niffer'

2. an Assyrian city near Aleppo

   1. maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty

1. kingdom, realm

2. sovereignty, dominion

3. reign

first, beginning, best, chief

1. beginning

2. first

3. chief

4. choice part

Shinar = "country of two rivers"

1. the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea