מִגְדָּל migdal
Hebrew word for “tower” · Strong’s H4026 · used 48 times in 43 verses
Meaning
1) tower; 1a) tower; 1b) elevated stage, pulpit; 1c) raised bed
Senses in the lexicon
- tower (42)
- (Hananel) Tower (4)
- Tower (of the Hundred) (1)
- Tower (Of the Ovens) (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for migdal in context, with how often each is used:
- tower 29
- towers 14
- like the tower 3
- high platform 1
- like towers 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiah | 10 | 1.9 | |
| Judges | 9 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Song of Solomon | 5 | 4.0 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 9 (5), Nehemiah 3 (5), 2 Chronicles 26 (3), Genesis 11 (2), Judges 8 (2), Nehemiah 12 (2), Ezekiel 26 (2), 2 Kings 9 (1), 2 Kings 17 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1)
Forms
- מגדל 12
- המגדל 7
- ומגדל 5
- ממגדל 3
- מגדלים 3
- כמגדל 3
- ומגדלים 2
- המגדלים 2
- והמגדל 2
- מגדליה 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with migdal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 12
- חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 9
- עִיר ir “city” 11
- חֲנַנְאֵל chananel “(Tower of) Hananel” 4
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 7
- עַד ad “till” 10
- חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 5
- פִּנָּה pinnah “corner” 3
- נָתַץ natats “to tear” 3
- מֵאָה meah “(Tower of) the Hundred” 2
- שְׁכֶם shekhem “Shechem” 3
- צְרִיחַ tseriach “stronghold” 2
Key verses
The verses using migdal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 11:4 — And 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…
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine…
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 — Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the…
- Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto…
- Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and…
- Proverbs 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Song of Solomon 5:13 — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- Song of Solomon 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward…
- Isaiah 5:2 — And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress…
- Isaiah 30:25 — And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- Jeremiah 31:38 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
- Zechariah 14:10 — 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…
See all 43 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.