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HebrewH4026Noun (Masculine)

מִגְדָּל

mig.dal

39Occurrences
H4026Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers

also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Combined with cha.nan.el (*חֲנַנְאֵל *" of Hananel" H2606) This name means tower

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מִגְדָּל appears 39 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
8
Judges
7
2 Chronicles
5
Isaiah
4
2 Kings
3
Ezk
3
Song of Solomon
3
Genesis
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:25BSB

Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses.Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

2 Kings 18:8BSB

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

Isaiah 2:15BSB

against every high tower,against every fortified wall,

Judges 9:47BSB

And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

Nehemiah 3:1BSB

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.