H4026 מִגְדָּל
migdâl — a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Derived from גָּדַל gâdal (to be)
Occurs 49 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִגְדָּל n.m. tower
- 1 tower
- 2 elevated stage, pulpit of wood
- 3 raised bed
Where it occurs
- Genesis 11:4 — They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for…
- Genesis 11:5 — The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Judges 8:9 — He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
- Judges 8:17 — He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
- Judges 9:46 — When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
- Judges 9:47 — Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- Judges 9:49 — All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and…
- Judges 9:51 — But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in…
- Judges 9:52 — Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
- 2 Kings 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…