(Hananel) Tower
מִגְדָּלStrong’s H4026migdal (mig-dal)
Appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Migdal is the Hebrew word usually translated “tower”, “tower of” and “towers”. It appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.”
Meaning
- Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606)
- Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026H)
- This name means tower, elevated stage
- Towerelevated stage, pulpit · raised bed
How it's translated
- the tower 7
- tower of 7
- towers 3
- the towers 3
- and tower of 3
- like tower of 3
- from a tower of 2
- and towers 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 8
- Judges 7
- 2 Chronicles 6
- Song of Solomon 4
- Isaiah 4
- 2 Kings 3
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:4And 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 11:5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- Judges 8:9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
- Judges 8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- Judges 9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- Judges 9:47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
All 43 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מִגְדָּל migdal · (Hananel) Tower
Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606) This name means tower
מֵאָה meah · (Tower of) the Hundred
Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026H) § Meah = "hundred" a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
מִגְדָּל migdal · Tower (Of the Ovens)
This name means tower, elevated stage
מִגְדָּל migdal · tower
1) tower 1a) tower 1b) elevated stage, pulpit 1c) raised bed
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.