מִגְדָּל

mig.dal · tower

Hebrew · Strong's H4026 · Noun · Sounds like: mig-dawl' · 48 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • tower H4026M 42
  • (Hananel) Tower H4026G · a Part of 4
  • Tower (of the Hundred) H4026H 1
  • Tower (Of the Ovens) H4026I 1

Strong's dictionary

also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מִגְדָּל n.m. tower
1. tower
2. elevated stage, pulpit of wood
3. raised bed

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 9:17 הַמִּגְדָּ֜ל ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

    Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  2. 2 Kings 17:9 מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל mi.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

  3. 2 Kings 18:8 מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל mi.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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