Tower
מִגְדּוֹלStrong’s H4024migdol (mig-dol)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Migdol is the Hebrew word usually translated “migdol”, “from migdol” and “tower”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.”
Meaning
- Tower
- § Migdol = "tower"
How it's translated
- migdol 2
- in migdol 2
- from migdol 2
- tower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- 2 Samuel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 33:7And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
- 2 Samuel 22:51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
- Jeremiah 44:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
- Ezekiel 29:10Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
- Ezekiel 30:6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
Hebrew dictionary
מִגְדּוֹל migdol · tower
tower
מִגְדֹּל migdol · Migdol
§ Migdol = "tower" a fortified city on the Egyptian border
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.