(biblical) a tower built by people living in southwest Asia. They intended that the tower would reachup to heaven itself, increase their reputation and make them like God. God prevented them from completing the tower by confusing their language so that they could no longer understand one another's speech. From that time forward, according to the Bible, the peoples of the Earth would be scattered, speaking different languages. "Babel" is confusion and noise. —Class VIII №14, Approved November 1990