מִגְדָּל

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)

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.

3. Judges 8:9 הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

   And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

4. Judges 8:17 מִגְדַּ֥ל mig.Dal · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

5. Judges 9:46 מִֽגְדַּל־ mig.dal- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

6. Judges 9:47 מִֽגְדַּל־ mig.dal- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

7. Judges 9:49 מִֽגְדַּל־ mig.dal- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

8. Judges 9:51 וּמִגְדַּל־ u.mig.dal- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

9. Judges 9:51 הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃ ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

   But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

10. Judges 9:52 הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

    And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

11. Judges 9:52 הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל ha.mig.Dal · A person, place or thing

    And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

12. 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?

13. 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;

14. 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.

15. 1 Chronicles 27:25 וּבַמִּגְדָּל֔וֹת u.va.mig.da.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:

16. 2 Chronicles 14:7 וּמִגְדָּלִים֮ u.mig.da.Lim · A person, place or thing

    For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

17. 2 Chronicles 26:9 מִגְדָּלִים֙ mig.da.Lim · A person, place or thing

    Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

18. 2 Chronicles 26:10 מִגְדָּלִ֜ים mig.da.Lim · A person, place or thing

    And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

19. 2 Chronicles 26:15 הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ ha.mig.da.Lim · A person, place or thing

    And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

20. 2 Chronicles 27:4 וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃ u.mig.da.Lim · A person, place or thing

    Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

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