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מִגְדָּל H4026

H4026 is the Hebrew word מִגְדָּל, transliterated migdâl and said mig-dawl'. The King James Version most often renders it tower.

Word: מִגְדָּלTransliteration: migdâlSaid: mig-dawl'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 41 verses

What it means

a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers.

Where it comes from

also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 45 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

tower 27×towers 9×thereof from the tower 1×castles 1×even unto the tower 1×wall and the tower 1×pulpit 1×beyond the tower 1×like the tower 1×flowers 1×like towers 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.

Verses using מִגְדָּל

The first 40 of 41 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 11:4 · KJV

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 of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:5 · KJV

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 35:21 · KJV

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Judges 8:17 · KJV

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

Judges 9:46 · KJV

And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

Judges 9:47 · KJV

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

Judges 9:49 · KJV

And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

Judges 9:51 · KJV

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

Judges 9:52 · KJV

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

2 Kings 9:17 · KJV

And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

2 Kings 17:9 · KJV

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kings 18:8 · KJV

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

1 Chronicles 27:25 · KJV

And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

2 Chronicles 14:7 · KJV

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 26:9 · KJV

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

2 Chronicles 26:10 · KJV

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 dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 26:15 · KJV

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

2 Chronicles 27:4 · KJV

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

2 Chronicles 32:5 · KJV

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 city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 3:1 · KJV

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 the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 3:11 · KJV

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

Nehemiah 3:25 · KJV

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Nehemiah 3:26 · KJV

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

Nehemiah 3:27 · KJV

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 8:4 · KJV

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 Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Nehemiah 12:38 · KJV

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

Nehemiah 12:39 · KJV

And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

Psalm 61:3 · KJV

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Proverbs 18:10 · KJV

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Song of Solomon 4:4 · KJV

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Song of Solomon 5:13 · KJV

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Song of Solomon 7:4 · KJV

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Song of Solomon 8:10 · KJV

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

Isaiah 2:15 · KJV

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Isaiah 5:2 · KJV

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 therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 30:25 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 26:4 · KJV

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Ezekiel 27:11 · KJV

The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

Micah 4:8 · KJV

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4026 mean?

H4026 is the Hebrew word מִגְדָּל (migdâl), meaning a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers.

How is H4026 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it tower (27 times), towers (9 times), thereof from the tower (1 time), castles (1 time), even unto the tower (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4026 appear in the Bible?

מִגְדָּל (migdâl) is tagged in 41 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4026 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל).

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