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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4026 - מִגְדָּלָה

Transliteration

migdâl

Phonetics

mig-dawl', mig-daw-law'

Origin

from (H1431)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

315f,315g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

tower
1. tower
2. elevated stage, pulpit
3. raised bed

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 968 ‑ βῆμα (bay'‑ma); 4444 ‑ πύργος (poor'‑gos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (49)

Genesis 3

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 9

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (48)

Genesis 2

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Zechariah 1

CSB (41)

Genesis 2

Judges 6

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Zechariah 1

ESV (43)

Genesis 3

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (50)

Genesis 3

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (49)

Genesis 2

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (49)

Genesis 2

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

N95 (47)

Genesis 2

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

NAS (48)

Genesis 2

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 6

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (49)

Genesis 3

Judges 9

2 Kings 3

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 5

Nehemiah 10

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 1

ASV (49)

a tower 1

above the tower 1

and a tower 1

and from the tower 1

and in the castles 1

and the tower 5

and thou, o tower 1

and towers 2

from the tower 2

her towers 1

herbs 1

is like the tower 3

it, unto the tower 1

like the towers 1

men were in thy towers 1

of it; even unto the tower 1

of the tower 5

on the tower 1

the tower 2

the towers 1

the towers thereof 1

thereof, from the tower 1

this tower 1

thy towers 1

to be on the towers 1

to the towers 1

tower 5

towers 2

unto the tower 1

upon a pulpit 1

when the towers 1

BSB (48)

a tower 1

a watchtower 1

and from the tower 1

and in the fortresses 1

and the tower 5

and towers 2

are like towers 1

as well as to the tower 1

from 1

from the tower 1

from watchtower 1

her towers 2

in the tower 3

in your towers 1

is like a tower 1

is like the tower 2

its 1

of the tower 1

platform 1

the tower 6

the towers 2

tower 5

towers 3

towers on it 1

when the towers 1

with a tower 1

your towers 1

CSB (41)

its 1

its towers 1

like a tower 1

like the tower 2

like towers 1

our defenses 1

platform 1

the fortresses 1

the tower 14

the towers 3

tower 7

towers 7

your towers 1

ESV (43)

platform 1

tower 28

towers 13

watchtower 1

KJV (50)

castles 1

flowers 1

pulpit 1

tower 34

towers 13

LEB (49)

a tower of 2

a watchtower 1

and a tower 1

and from the tower of 1

and in the towers 1

and the tower of 1

and towers 1

and your towers 1

at the tower 1

her towers 1

in your towers 1

is like a tower of 1

is like the tower of 2

its towers 1

o migdal-eder 1

podium 1

the tower 5

the tower of 10

the towers 2

the watchtower 2

tower 6

towers 4

were like the towers 1

when towers 1

LSB (49)

podium 1

tower 31

towers 15

watchtower 2

N95 (47)

banks 1

podium 1

tower 30

towers 13

watchtower 2

NAS (48)

banks 1

podium 1

tower 31

towers 14

watchtower 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (49)

* 1

a tower 1

above the tower 1

and a tower 1

and from the tower 1

and in the towers 1

and the tower 5

even to the tower 1

from the tower 3

her towers 1

is like the tower 1

its towers 1

like towers 1

men were in your towers 1

of the tower 5

on a pulpit 1

on the tower 1

the tower 2

the towers 1

this tower 1

to be on the towers 1

to the tower 1

to the towers 1

tower 7

towers 2

when the towers 1

your towers 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2054) l d c (גדל GDL) AC: Magnify CO: Rope AB: Magnificent: A cord is made by twisting fibers together, the larger and more numerous the fibers, the stronger the cord will be. Anything that is large or great in size or stature. [from: dc- from the twisting of sinew to make cords.] (eng: great - with the exchange and reversal of the r and l and the t and d)

V) l d c (גדל GDL) - Magnify: To increase in size or ones position of honor. KJV (115): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) magnify, great, grow, nourish - Strongs: H1431 (גָּדַל)

N^m) l d c (גדל GDL) - Grow: An increasing in size. KJV (4): grow, great - Strongs: H1432 (גָּדֵל)

b^m) l i d c (גדיל GDYL) - Tassel: Something that is made from twisted fibers. KJV (2): fringe, wreath - Strongs: H1434 (גָּדִל)

c^m) l f d c (גדול GDWL) - Magnificent: Something with increased size, power or authority. KJV (529): great, high, loud, elder, mighty - Strongs: H1419 (גָּדֹל)

d^f1) e l f d c (גדולה GDWLH) - Magnificence: An increase in size power or authority. KJV (12): greatness, great, majesty, dignity - Strongs: H1420 (גְּדוּלָּה)

g^m) l d f c (גודל GWDL) - Magnificence: An increase in size power or authority. KJV (13): greatness, stout, stoutness - Strongs: H1433 (גֹּדֶל)

h^m) l d c m (מגדל MGDL) - Tower: A place of great size. KJV (50): tower, castle, flower, pulpit - Strongs: H4026 (מִגְדָּלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִגְדָּל noun masculine tower, Genesis 11:5 11t.; construct מִגְדַּל Judges 8:17 21t.; plural מִגְדָּלִים 2 Chronicles 26:9 6t.; מִגְדָּלֶיהָ Psalm 48:12; Ezekiel 26:4; pluralf. מִגְדָּלוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:5 2t.; construct מִגְדְּלוֺת Song of Solomon 5:13 (?); suffix מִגְדְּלֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:9; Ezekiel 27:11; —

1 tower Genesis 11:4,5; Judges 8:9; Judges 9:51 (twice in verse); Judges 9:52 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:17; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; 1 Chronicles 27:25; 2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 26:9,10,11; 27:4; 32:5; Nehemiah 3:25,26,27; Isaiah 2:15; Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 33:18; Ezekiel 26:4,9; Ezekiel 27:11; Psalm 48:13, watch-tower in vineyard Isaiah 5:2; figurative of God as refuge Psalm 61:4; Proverbs 18:10; beautiful neck like tower of David Song of Solomon 4:4; an ivory tower Song of Solomon 7:5; breasts Song of Solomon 8:10. (compare MI²² מגדלתה, Sabean (more precisely Lihyânian) מגדלנהן, Eut, see DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 4,1. 5}). Special towers mentioned on Lebanon Song of Solomon 7:5, Penuel Judges 8:17, Shechem Judges 9:46,47,49; and at Jerusalem, the tower of David Song of Solomon 4:4 (the arsenal), מֵאָה Nehemiah 3:1, חֲנַנְאֵל Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10, תַּנּוּרִים Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:38 (tower of the furnaces).

2 elevated stage, pulpit of wood Nehemiah 8:4.

3 raised bed "" עֲרוּגָה Song of Solomon 5:13, but ᵐ5ᵑ9 Hi Bö De rightly read מְגַדְּלוֺת.

List of Word Forms

בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ במגדלותיך הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל הַמִּגְדָּ֜ל הַמִּגְדָּ֤ל הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃ הַמִּגְדָּל֗וֹת הַמִּגְדָּלִֽים׃ הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ המגדל המגדל׃ המגדלות המגדלים המגדלים׃ וְהַמִּגְדָּ֖ל וְהַמִּגְדָּ֗ל וּבַמִּגְדָּל֔וֹת וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ וּמִגְדַּ֣ל וּמִגְדַּ֤ל וּמִגְדַּל־ וּמִגְדָּל֙ וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃ וּמִגְדָּלִים֮ ובמגדלות והמגדל ומגדל ומגדל־ ומגדלים ומגדלים׃ ומגדלתיך כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל כְּמִגְדַּ֤ל כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת כמגדל כמגדלות לְמִגְדַּ֣ל למגדל מִֽגְדַּל־ מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מִגְדַּ֤ל מִגְדַּ֥ל מִגְדַּל־ מִגְדָּ֣ל מִגְדָּל֙ מִגְדָּלִ֜ים מִגְדָּלִֽים׃ מִגְדָּלִים֙ מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ׃ מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל מגדל מגדל־ מגדלות מגדליה מגדליה׃ מגדלים מגדלים׃ ממגדל bə·miḡ·də·lō·w·ṯa·yiḵ bemigdeloTayich bəmiḡdəlōwṯayiḵ ham·miḡ·dā·lîm ham·miḡ·dā·lō·wṯ ham·miḡ·dāl hammigDal hammiḡdāl hammigdaLim hammiḡdālîm hammigdaLot hammiḡdālōwṯ kam·miḡ·dā·lō·wṯ kammigdaLot kammiḡdālōwṯ kə·miḡ·dal kemigDal kəmiḡdal lə·miḡ·dal lemigDal ləmiḡdal miḡ·dā·le·hā miḡ·dā·lîm miḡ·dal miḡ·dāl miḡ·dal- miḡ·də·lō·wṯ migDal miḡdal miḡdāl miḡdal- miḡdālehā migdaLeiha migdaLim miḡdālîm migdeLot miḡdəlōwṯ mim·miḡ·dal mimigDal mimmiḡdal ū·ḇam·miḡ·dā·lō·wṯ ū·miḡ·dā·lîm ū·miḡ·dal ū·miḡ·dāl ū·miḡ·dal- ū·miḡ·də·lō·ṯa·yiḵ ūḇammiḡdālōwṯ umigDal ūmiḡdal ūmiḡdāl ūmiḡdal- umigdaLim ūmiḡdālîm uMigdeloTayich ūmiḡdəlōṯayiḵ uvammigdaLot vehammigDal wə·ham·miḡ·dāl wəhammiḡdāl