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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, ὁ (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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance[fn] from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - And he said to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

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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 of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - Abimelech was told that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women and all the leaders of the city fled to it and shut themselves in, and they went up to the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with 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 he saw 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?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the people of Israel did secretly against the LORD their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel; and over the treasuries in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it,[fn] and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - and the temple servants living on Ophel repaired to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah,[fn] and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Walk about Zion, go around her,
number her towers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 - for you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Your neck is like the tower of David,
built in rows of stone;[fn]
on it hang a thousand shields,
all of them shields of warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
which looks toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 - She
I was a wall,
and my breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds[fn] peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - And I will encamp against you all around,
and will besiege you with towers
and I will raise siegeworks against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and 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 shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - And you, O tower of the flock,
hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
the former dominion shall come,
kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
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