Tower
πύργοςStrong’s G4444purgos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Purgos is the Greek word usually translated “tower”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”
Meaning
Usually translated “tower”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a tower 3
- tower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
- Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
- Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Greek dictionary
πύργος purgos · tower
πύργος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל ;] a tower: Luk.13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isa.5:2): Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, and prob., Luk.14:28.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TOW'ER, noun
[Latin turris.]
- A building, either round or square, raised to a considerable elevation and consisting of several stories.
- A citadel; a fortress. Psalms 61:3
- A high head dress.
- High flight; elevation.
All definitions and other forms of “tower”
TOW'ER, verb intransitive
To rise and fly high; to soar; to be lofty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.