מִגְדָּלmigdâl
Pronunciation: mig-dawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4026
Meanings
1. tower (Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:5; Judges 8:9)
2. elevated stage, pulpit (Nehemiah 8:4)
3. raised bed || עֲרוּגָה (Song of Solomon 5:13)
Same root
- גָּדַלgâdal · H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
- ΜαγδαλάMagdalá · G3093the tower; Magdala (i.e. Migdala), a place in Palestine
- מִגְדַּל־אֵלMigdal-ʼÊl · H4027Migdal-El, a place in Palestine
- מִגְדַּל־גָּדMigdal-Gâd · H4028Migdal-Gad, a place in Palestine
- מִגְדַּל־עֵדֶרMigdal-ʻÊder · H4029Migdal-Eder, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 48 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
- Genesis 11:5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.
- Judges 8:9 So he said to the people of Peniel, “After I return in victory, I will tear down this tower.”
- Judges 8:17 He also tore down the tower of Peniel and killed all the men in the town.
- Judges 9:46 When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.
- Judges 9:47 Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,
See every passage
- Genesis 11:4, 11:5
- Judges 8:9, 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 14:7, 26:9, 26:10, 26:15, 27:4, 32:5
- Nehemiah 3:1, 3:11, 3:25, 3:26, 3:27, 8:4, 12:38, 12:39
- Psalms 48:12, 61:3
- Proverbs 18:10
- Song of Solomon 4:4, 5:13, 7:4, 8:10
- Isaiah 2:15, 5:2, 30:25, 33:18
- Jeremiah 31:38
- Ezekiel 26:4, 26:9, 27:11
- Zechariah 14:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).