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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 BoxGen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - He also pulled down the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the stronghold and set it on fire with the people still inside. So all the people in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women—all the people of the city—had fled. They had locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - When the lookout standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.” “Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the outlying districts, in the towns, the villages and the watchtowers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made devices invented for use on the towers and on the corner defenses so that soldiers could shoot arrows and hurl large stones from the walls. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[fn] of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point facing the ascent to the armory as far as the angle of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - and Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of[fn] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah[fn] Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 - She: I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:9 - ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:3 - I will encamp against you on all sides; I will encircle you with towers and set up my siege works against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - Men of Arvad and Helek guarded your walls on every side; men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they brought your beauty to perfection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - As for you, watchtower of the flock, stronghold[fn] of Daughter Zion, the former dominion will be restored to you; kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - The whole land, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up high from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.
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