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Lexicon :: Strong's G4444 - pyrgos

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πύργος
Transliteration
pyrgos (Key)
Pronunciation
poor'-gos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word ("burgh")
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:953,980

Strong’s Definitions

πύργος pýrgos, poor'-gos; apparently a primary word ("burgh"); a tower or castle:—tower.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4444 in the following manner: tower (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4444 in the following manner: tower (4x).
  1. a tower

  2. a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack or to enable a watchman to see in every direction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πύργος pýrgos, poor'-gos; apparently a primary word ("burgh"); a tower or castle:—tower.
STRONGS G4444:
πύργος, πύργου, (akin to German Burg, anciently Purg; (yet cf. Curtius, § 413)), as in Greek writings from Homer down, a tower; a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack or to enable a watchman to see in every direction. The πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ ((which see)) seems to designate a tower in the walls of Jerusalem near the fountain of Siloam, Luke 13:4; the tower occupied by the keepers of a vineyard is spoken of in Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1 (after Isaiah 5:2); a tower-shaped building as a safe and convenient dwelling, Luke 14:28.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
5:2
Matthew
21:33
Mark
12:1
Luke
13:4; 14:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4444 matches the Greek πύργος (pyrgos),
which occurs 50 times in 46 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come back in peace, I will tear down this tower!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - Then he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - Now when all the men of the tower of Shechem had heard that, they entered the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So each of the people likewise cut down his own bough and followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire above them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the men and women—all the people of the city—fled there and shut themselves in; then they went up to the top of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - So Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - Now a watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company of men.” And Joram said, “Get a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress of the wall; then he fortified them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he strengthened himself, built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired the Millo[fn] in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred,[fn] and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the buttress.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the buttress, and on the tower which projects from the king’s upper house that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - Moreover the Nethinim who dwelt in Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Walk about Zion,
And go all around her.
Count her towers;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 - For You have been a shelter for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built for an armory,
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looks toward Damascus.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 - The Shulamite
I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - Upon every high tower,
And upon every fortified wall;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also made a winepress in it;
So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - There will be on every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - ‘He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made your beauty perfect.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem[fn] shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
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