Strong's Hebrew · H4026
מִגְדָּל
migdâl · mig-dawl'
Definitiona tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Derivationalso (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל);
KJV usagecastle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Occurrences50 in the KJV · 45 verses
מִגְדָּל in Scripture
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, 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.
Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Genesis 35:21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Judges 8:9
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Judges 8:17
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judges 9:46
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that , they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith.
Judges 9:47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judges 9:49
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Judges 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 it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Judges 9:52
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
2 Kings 9:17
And there stood a watchman 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 an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
2 Kings 17:9
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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