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Lexicon :: Strong's H4026 - miḡdāl

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מִגְדָּל
Transliteration
miḡdāl
Pronunciation
mig-dawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 315f,315g

Strong’s Definitions

מִגְדָּל migdâl, mig-dawl'; also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה migdâlâh; from H1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers:—castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's H4026 in the following manner: tower (47x), castles (1x), flowers (1x), pulpit (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's H4026 in the following manner: tower (47x), castles (1x), flowers (1x), pulpit (1x).

  1. tower

    1. tower

    2. elevated stage, pulpit

    3. raised bed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִגְדָּל migdâl, mig-dawl'; also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה migdâlâh; from H1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers:—castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
STRONGS H4026: Abbreviations
† מִגְדָּל noun masculine tower, Genesis 11:5 + 11 times; construct מִגְדַּל Judges 8:17 + 21 times; plural מִגְדָּלִים 2 Chronicles 26:9 + 6 times; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ Psalm 48:12; Ezekiel 26:4; pluralf. מִגְדָּלוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:5 + 2 times; construct מִגְדְּלוֺת Songs 5:13 (?); suffix מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:9; Ezekiel 27:11; —
1. tower Genesis 11:4, 5; Judges 8:9; Judges 9:51 (twice in verse); Judges 9:52 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:17; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; 1 Chronicles 27:25; 2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 26:9, 10, 11; 27:4; 32:5; Nehemiah 3:25, 26, 27; Isaiah 2:15; Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 33:18; Ezekiel 26:4, 9; Ezekiel 27:11; Psalm 48:13, watch-tower in vineyard Isaiah 5:2; figurative of God as refuge Psalm 61:4; Proverbs 18:10; beautiful neck like tower of David Songs 4:4; an ivory tower Songs 7:5; breasts Songs 8:10. (compare MI22 מגדלתה, Sabean (more precisely Lihyânian) מגדלנהן, Eut, see DHMEpigr. Denkm. 4, 1. 5). Special towers mentioned on Lebanon Cant 7:5, Penuel Judges 8:17, Shechem Judges 9:46, 47, 49; and at Jerusalem, the tower of David Cant 4:4 (the arsenal), מֵאָה Nehemiah 3:1, חֲנַנְאֵל Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10, תַּנּוּרִים Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:38 (tower of the furnaces).
2. elevated stage, pulpit of wood Nehemiah 8:4.
3. raised bed || עֲרוּגָה Songs 5:13, but Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Hi Bö De rightly read מְגַדְּלוֺת.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:4; 11:5; 11:5

Judges

8:9; 8:17; 8:17; 9:46; 9:47; 9:49; 9:51; 9:52

2 Kings

9:17; 17:9; 18:8

1 Chronicles

27:25

2 Chronicles

14:6; 26:9; 26:9; 26:10; 26:11; 27:4; 32:5; 32:5

Nehemiah

3:1; 3:1; 3:11; 3:25; 3:26; 3:27; 8:4; 12:38; 12:39

Psalms

48:12; 48:13; 61:4

Proverbs

18:10

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4; 5:13; 5:13; 7:5; 7:5; 8:10

Isaiah

2:15; 5:2; 30:25; 33:18

Jeremiah

31:38

Ezekiel

26:4; 26:4; 26:9; 26:9; 27:11; 27:11

Zechariah

14:10

H4026

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Strong's Number H4026 matches the Hebrew מִגְדָּל (miḡdāl),
which occurs 49 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, "When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city's men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died - about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city's leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu's troops approaching. He said, "I see troops!" Jehoram ordered, "Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, 'Is everything all right?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The Israelites said things about the LORD their God that were not right. They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king's storehouses; Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 - Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:10 - The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it - all shields of valiant warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 - I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. The Beloved to Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - "Indeed a time is coming," says the LORD, "when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around, and the Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion - your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
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