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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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