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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)
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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 - And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand 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 thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them 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 unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto 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 spied 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 children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest 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 turning of the wall, 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 hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously 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 in the forests he built castles and towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and 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 brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto 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 portion, and the tower of the furnaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - (Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - And the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto 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 old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 -
Walk about Zion, and go round about her;
Number the towers thereof;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 -
For thou hast been a refuge for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:10 -
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;
The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 -
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory,
Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers,
All the shields of the mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 -
His cheeks are as a bed of spices,
As banks of sweet herbs:
His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 -
Thy neck is like the tower of ivory;
Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon,
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon
Which looketh toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 -
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof
Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

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 a bare rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 - And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king’s wine-presses.
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