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. Genesis 11:4 וּמִגְדָּל֙ u.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

    And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

  2. Genesis 11:5 הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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