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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Tower:

tou'-er.

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g4444 Greek: purgos

Tower:

is used of "a watchtower in a vineyard," Mat 21:33; Mar 12:1; probably, too, in Luk 14:28 (cp. Isa 5:2); in Luk 13:4, of the "tower in Siloam," the modern Silwan, which is built on a steep escarpment of rock.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Tower:

Watch‐towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the tower of Edar (Genesis 35:21; Isaiah 21:5; 21:8; 21:11; Micah 4:8 etc.); the tower of Lebanon (2 Samuel 8:6). Besides these military structures, we read in Scripture of towers built in vineyards as an almost necessary appendage to them (1 Samuel 5:2; Matthew 22:33; Mark 12:1). Such towers are still in use in Palestine in vineyards, especially near Hebron, and are used as lodges for the keepers of the vineyards.

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