the Whore of Babylon

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apocalyptic symbol biblical figure female personification symbolic figure

The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic female figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing a corrupt, idolatrous city or system opposed to God and destined for divine judgment.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Babylon the Great 2
The Whore of Babylon 2
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf apocalyptic symbol ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
female personification ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
adornedWith gold ⓘ
pearls ⓘ
precious stones ⓘ
alsoKnownAs the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylon the Great

the great harlot ⓘ
the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
surface form: the great prostitute
appearsIn Book of Revelation ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament ⓘ
associatedWith the Whore of Babylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Babylon the Great

kings of the earth ⓘ
merchants of the earth ⓘ
seven heads ⓘ
ten horns ⓘ
called mother of abominations of the earth ⓘ
mother of prostitutes ⓘ
contrastedWith New Jerusalem ⓘ
cupFilledWith abominations ⓘ
impurities of her sexual immorality ⓘ
describedIn Book of Revelation ⓘ
surface form: Revelation 17

Book of Revelation ⓘ
surface form: Revelation 18
destinedFor destruction ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
drunkWith blood of the martyrs of Jesus ⓘ
blood of the saints ⓘ
foreheadInscription the Whore of Babylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
gender female ⓘ
holds golden cup ⓘ
interpretedAs Jerusalem ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
corrupt religious system ⓘ
end‑time world system ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
surface form: pagan Rome
literaryGenre apocalyptic literature ⓘ
opposedBy Lamb of God ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
rides scarlet beast ⓘ
seven‑headed beast ⓘ
sourceLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
symbolizes apostate religion ⓘ
corrupt city ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
idolatry ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
opposition to God ⓘ
persecuting power ⓘ
political power opposed to God ⓘ
worldly empire ⓘ
wears purple ⓘ
scarlet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: the Whore of Babylon
Description of subject: The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic female figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing a corrupt, idolatrous city or system opposed to God and destined for divine judgment.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Revelation → containsVisionOf → the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
the Whore of Babylon → associatedWith → the Whore of Babylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylon the Great
the Whore of Babylon → alsoKnownAs → the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylon the Great
the Whore of Babylon → alsoKnownAs → the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
this entity surface form: the great prostitute
the Whore of Babylon → foreheadInscription → the Whore of Babylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
this entity surface form: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH
Thomas Dekker → notableWork → the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Whore of Babylon
Apocalypse woodcuts → notablePrint → the Whore of Babylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Whore of Babylon