Strong's Hebrew · H4026
H4026 migdâl
מִגְדָּל
mig-dawl'
(Hananel) Tower
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migdâl appears 48 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:4 and Judges 8:9. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
In the King James Version
castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Derivation
also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל);
Appears 48 times in Scripture
“On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.”
“But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.”
“So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.”
“All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.”
“against every high tower, against every fortified wall,”
““Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.””
“Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.”
“And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,”
“So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!””
“He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
