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. Ezekiel 26:4 מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ mig.da.Lei.ha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

  2. Ezekiel 26:9 וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ u.Mig.de.lo.Ta.yikh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

  3. Ezekiel 27:11 בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ be.mig.de.lo.Ta.yikh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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