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Lexicon :: Strong's H4026 - miḡdāl

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said H559, “Come H3051, let’s build H1129 ourselves a city H5892, and a tower H4026 whose top H7218 will reach into heaven H8064, and let’s make H6213 a name H8034 for ourselves; otherwise H6435 we will be scattered H6327 abroad over H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - Now the LORD H3068 came H3381 down H3381 to see H7200 the city H5892 and the tower H4026 which H834 the [fn]men H120 had built H1129.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said H559 also H1571 to the men H376 of [fn]Penuel H6439, “When I return H7725 safely H7965, I will tear H5422 down H5422 this H2088 tower H4026.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he tore H5422 down H5422 the tower H4026 of Penuel H6439 and killed H2026 the men H376 of the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 -

When all H3605 the [fn]leaders H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 heard H8085 about it, they entered H935 the inner H6877 chamber H6877 of the [fn]temple H1004 of El-berith H410 H1285.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was reported H5046 to Abimelech H40 that all H3605 the [fn]leaders H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 were gathered H6908 together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So all H3605 the people H5971 also H1571 cut H3772 down H3772, each H376 one H376, his branch H7754 and followed H1980 H310 Abimelech H40, and put H7760 them on top H5921 of the inner H6877 chamber H6877 and set H3341 the inner H6877 chamber H6877 on fire H784 over H5921 those inside, so that all H3605 the people H376 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 also H1571 died H4191, about a thousand H505 men H376 and women H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong H5797 tower H4026 in the center H8432 of the city H5892, and all H3605 the men H376 and women H802 with all H3605 the [fn]leaders H1167 of the city H5892 fled H5127 there H8033 and shut H5462 themselves in H5462; and they went H5927 up H5927 on the roof H1406 of the tower H4026.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - So Abimelech H40 came H935 to the tower H4026 and fought H3898 against it, and approached H5066 the entrance H6607 of the tower H4026 to burn H8313 it down H8313 with fire H784.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 -

Now the watchman H6822 was standing H5975 on the tower H4026 in Jezreel H3157 and he saw H7200 the [fn]company H8229 of Jehu H3058 as he came H935, and he said H559, “I see H7200 a [fn]company H8229.” And [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “Take H3947 a horseman H7395 and send H7971 him to meet H7122 them and have him [fn]ask H559, ‘Is your intention peace H7965?’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]did H2644 things H1697 secretly H2644 against H5921 the LORD H3068 their God H430 which H834 were not right H3651. Moreover, they built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116 in all H3605 their towns H5892, from watchtower H4026 to fortified H4013 city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He [fn]defeated H5221 the Philistines H6430 as far H5704 as Gaza H5804 and its territory H1366, from watchtower H5341 H4026 to fortified H4013 city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 -

Now Azmaveth H5820 the son H1121 of Adiel H5717 was responsible H5921 for the king’s H4428 storehouses H214. And Jonathan H3083 the son H1121 of Uzziah H5818 was responsible H5921 for the storehouses H214 in the country H7704, the cities H5892, the villages H3723, and the towers H4026.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - For he said H559 to Judah H3063, “Let’s build H1129 these H428 cities H5892 and surround H5437 them with walls H2346 and towers H4026, gates H1817 and bars H1280. The land H776 is still H5750 [fn]ours H6440 because H3588 we have sought H1875 the LORD H3068 our God H430; we have sought H1875 Him, and He has given H5117 us rest H5117 on every H5439 side H5439.” So they built H1129 and prospered H6743.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:9 - Moreover, Uzziah H5818 built H1129 towers H4026 in Jerusalem H3389 at the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, the Valley H1516 Gate H8179, and at the corner H4740 buttress H4740, and he fortified H2388 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built H1129 towers H4026 in the wilderness H4057 and carved H2672 out H2672 many H7227 cisterns H953, for he had H1961 much H7227 livestock H4735, both in the [fn]lowland H8219 and in the plain H4334. He also had plowmen H406 and vinedressers H3755 in the hill H2022 country H2022 and the fertile H3759 fields H3759, for he loved H157 the soil H127.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem H3389 he made H6213 machines H2810 of war invented H4284 by skillful H2803 workmen H2803 to be on the towers H4026 and the corners H6438, for the purpose of shooting H3372 arrows H2671 and great H1419 stones H68. So his [fn]fame H8034 spread H3318 far H5704 H7350, for he was H6381 marvelously H6381 helped H5826 until H5704 H3588 he was strong H2388.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:4 - Moreover, he built H1129 cities H5892 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Judah H3063, and he built H1129 fortresses H1003 and towers H4026 on the wooded H2793 hills.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he resolutely H2388 set H2388 to H2388 work H2388 and rebuilt H1129 all H3605 of the wall H2346 that had been broken H6555 down H6555 and [fn]erected H5927 towers H4026 on it, and built another H312 outside H2351 wall H2346 and strengthened H2388 the [fn]Millo H4407 in the city H5892 of David H1732, and made H6213 weapons H7973 and shields H4043 in great H7230 numbers H7230.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 -

Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they consecrated H6942 it and installed H5975 its doors H1817. They consecrated H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:11 - Malchijah H4441 the son H1121 of Harim H2766 and Hasshub H2815 the son H1121 of Pahath-moab H6355 repaired H2388 another H8145 section H4060 and the Tower H4026 of Furnaces H8574.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal H6420 the son H1121 of Uzai H186 made repairs in front H5048 of the Angle H4740 and the tower H4026 projecting H3318 from the upper H5945 house H1004 of the king H4428, which H834 is by the courtyard H2691 of the guard H4307. After H310 him Pedaiah H6305 the son H1121 of Parosh H6551 made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - Now the temple H5411 servants H5411 living H3427 in Ophel H6077 made repairs as far H5704 as the front H5048 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179 toward the east H4217 and the projecting H3318 tower H4026.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After H310 [fn]them the Tekoites H8621 repaired H2388 another H8145 section H4060 in front H5048 of the great H1419 projecting H3318 tower H4026 and as far H5704 as the wall H2346 of Ophel H6077.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 stood H5975 at a wooden H6086 podium H4026 which H834 they had made H6213 for the purpose H1697. And beside H681 him stood H5975 Mattithiah H4993, Shema H8087, Anaiah H6043, Uriah H223, Hilkiah H2518, and Maaseiah H4641 on his right H3225; and Pedaiah H6305, Mishael H4332, Malchijah H4441, Hashum H2828, Hashbaddanah H2806, Zechariah H2148, and Meshullam H4918 on his left H8040.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 -

The second H8145 [fn]choir H8426 proceeded H1980 to the [fn]left H4136, while I followed H310 them with half H2677 of the people H5971 on the wall H2346, above H4480 H5921 the Tower H4026 of Furnaces H8574, to the Broad H7342 Wall H2346,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above H4480 H5921 the Gate H8179 of Ephraim H669, by the Ancient H3465 Gate H8179, by the Fish H1709 Gate H8179, the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606, and the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968, as far H5704 as the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; and they stopped H5975 at the Gate H8179 of the Guard H4307.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 -

Walk H5437 around H5437 Zion H6726 and encircle H5362 her;

Count H5608 her towers H4026;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 -

For You have been H1961 a refuge H4268 for me,

A tower H4026 of strength H5797 against H4480 H6440 the enemy H340.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:10 -

The name H8034 of the LORD H3068 is a strong H5797 tower H4026;

The righteous H6662 runs H7323 into it and is H7682 [fn]safe H7682.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 -

“Your neck H6677 is like the tower H4026 of David H1732,

Built H1129 with layers H8530 of H8530 stones H8530

On which are hung H8518 a thousand H505 shields H4043,

All H3605 the round shields H7982 of the warriors H1368.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 -

“His cheeks H3895 are like a bed H6170 of balsam H1314,

[fn]Banks H4026 of herbal H4840 spices H4840;

His lips H8193 are lilies H7799

Dripping H5197 with drops H5674 of myrrh H4753.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 -

“Your neck H6677 is like a tower H4026 of ivory H8127,

Your eyes H5869 like the pools H1295 in Heshbon H2809

By the gate H8179 of Bath-rabbim H1337;

Your nose H639 is like the tower H4026 of Lebanon H3844,

Which looks H6822 toward H6440 Damascus H1834.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 -

The Bride

“I was a wall H2346, and my breasts H7699 were like towers H4026;

Then H227 I became H1961 in his eyes H5869 as one who finds H4672 peace H7965.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 -

Against H5921 every H3605 high H1364 tower H4026,

Against H5921 every H3605 fortified H1219 wall H2346,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 -

He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, cleared H5619 it of H5619 stones H5619,

And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.

And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it,

And also H1571 carved H2672 out H2672 a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;

Then He expected H6960 it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,

But it produced H6213 only [fn]worthless H891 ones H891.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - And on every H3605 lofty H1364 mountain H2022 and every H3605 high H5375 hill H1389 there will be [fn]streams H6388 running H2988 with water H4325 on the day H3117 of the great H7227 slaughter H2027, when the towers H4026 fall H5307.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 -

Your heart H3820 will meditate H1897 on terror H367:

“Where H346 is one who counts H5608?

Where H346 is one who weighs H8254?

Where H346 is one who counts H5608 the towers H4026?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 -

“Behold H2009, days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “when the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 for the LORD H3068 from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyre H6865 and tear H2040 down H2040 her towers H4026; and I will sweep H5500 her debris H6083 away H5500 from her and make H5414 her a bare H6706 rock H5553.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:9 - “And he will direct H5414 the blow H4239 of his battering H6904 rams H6904 against your walls H2346, and he will tear H5422 down H5422 your towers H4026 with his [fn]axes H2719.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - “The sons H1121 of Arvad H719 and your army H2428 were on your walls H2346, all around H5439, and the [fn]Gammadim H1575 were in your towers H4026. They hung H8518 their shields H7982 on your walls H2346 all around H5439; they perfected H3634 your beauty H3308.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:8 -

“As for you, [fn]tower H4026 of the flock H5739,

[fn]Hill H6076 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726,

To you it will come H857

Yes, the former H7223 dominion H4475 will come H935,

The kingdom H4467 of the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 -

All H3605 the land H776 will change H5437 into a plain H6160 from Geba H1387 to Rimmon H7417 south H5045 of Jerusalem H3389; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise H7213 and remain H3427 on its site H8478 from Benjamin’s H1144 Gate H8179 as far H5704 as the place H4725 of the First H7223 Gate H8179 to the Corner H6438 Gate H8179, and from the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606 to the king’s H4428 wine H3342 presses H3342.

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