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
the Whore of Babylon canonical	1
the great prostitute	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: the Whore of Babylon
Context triple: [Book of Revelation, containsVisionOf, the Whore of Babylon]

A. Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
B. Madame X
Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
C. Queen of Heaven
Queen of Heaven is a traditional Christian title that honors the Virgin Mary as the exalted mother of Jesus and the most highly revered woman in heaven.
D. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 silent epic war film that catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and became one of the early cinema’s major box-office successes.
E. Iconoclastic Fury
Iconoclastic Fury was a wave of Protestant mob attacks on Catholic churches and religious images in the Low Countries in 1566, which helped ignite the broader conflict of the Eighty Years' War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: the Whore of Babylon
Target entity description: 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.

A. Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
B. Madame X
Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
C. Queen of Heaven
Queen of Heaven is a traditional Christian title that honors the Virgin Mary as the exalted mother of Jesus and the most highly revered woman in heaven.
D. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 silent epic war film that catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and became one of the early cinema’s major box-office successes.
E. Iconoclastic Fury
Iconoclastic Fury was a wave of Protestant mob attacks on Catholic churches and religious images in the Low Countries in 1566, which helped ignite the broader conflict of the Eighty Years' War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apocalyptic symbol ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ female personification ⓘ symbolic figure ⓘ
adornedWith	gold ⓘ pearls ⓘ precious stones ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Babylon the Great ⓘ linked to: the Whore of Babylon the great harlot ⓘ the great prostitute ⓘ linked to: the Whore of Babylon
appearsIn	Book of Revelation ⓘ Christian Bible ⓘ linked to: Bible New Testament ⓘ
associatedWith	Babylon the Great ⓘ linked to: the Whore of Babylon 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	Revelation 17 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation Revelation 18 ⓘ linked to: Book of Revelation
destinedFor	destruction ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ
drunkWith	blood of the martyrs of Jesus ⓘ blood of the saints ⓘ
foreheadInscription	MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH ⓘ linked to: the Whore of Babylon
gender	female ⓘ
holds	golden cup ⓘ
interpretedAs	Jerusalem ⓘ Rome ⓘ corrupt religious system ⓘ end‑time world system ⓘ pagan Rome ⓘ linked to: Roman religion
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

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 ⓘ

Whore of Babylon → associatedWith → Babylon the Great ⓘ

subject linked to: the Whore of Babylon