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G4444πύργος pýrgos — a tower or castleH5296נְעֹרֶת nᵉʻôreth — something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)H971בַּחִין bachîyn — a watch-tower of besiegersH975בַּחַן bachan — a watch-towerH1431גָּדַל gâdal — to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)H2691חָצֵר châtsêr — a yard (as inclosed by a fence)
Verses(5+)
- VerseLuke 2:3And everyone went to his own town to register.
- Verse1 Samuel 14:5One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
- VerseJoshua 15:45Ekron, with its towns and villages;
- VerseJohn 4:8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
- VerseJohn 4:30So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
People(4)
- PersonLotAbraham's nephew — the man who walked by sight toward Sodom and was saved “so as by fire” (2 Pet 2:7–8).
- PersonHabakkukThe prophet who put his complaint to God and stationed himself on the watchtower for the answer (Hab 2:1); received the line the New Testament quotes three times — the just…
- PersonNahumThe Elkoshite (Nah 1:1), prophet of the burden of Nineveh — the sequel to Jonah: the city spared once, destroyed in 612 BC. His name means comfort. Hometown Elkosh disputed…
- PersonThe Samaritan WomanThe woman at Jacob's well to whom Jesus revealed living water and declared Himself Messiah; her testimony brought a Samaritan town to faith (John 4).
Places(5+)
- PlaceBethlehemBirthplace of David and, in Christian tradition, Jesus; a small town about six miles south of Jerusalem in the Judean hill country.
- PlaceBabelThe plain of Shinar's city and tower of self-made name — the archetypal rebel-city whose confusion Pentecost reverses.
- PlaceNazarethGalilean hill town, home of Joseph and Mary and of Jesus' hidden years; "can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" — yet the Messiah was called a Nazarene.
- PlaceCapernaumThe lakeside town central to Jesus' Galilean ministry and the setting of the bread-of-life discourse (John 6:24-59).
- PlaceSycharThe Samaritan town by Jacob's well where Jesus met the woman and stayed two days (John 4:5).
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG4444 πύργος · pýrgos (Greek)a tower or castle
- WordH5296 נְעֹרֶת · nᵉʻôreth (Hebrew)something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)
- WordH971 בַּחִין · bachîyn (Hebrew)a watch-tower of besiegers
- WordH975 בַּחַן · bachan (Hebrew)a watch-tower
- WordH1431 גָּדַל · gâdal (Hebrew)to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Concepts(5+)
- ConceptSeedOne word that carries the whole promise — a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.
- ConceptSacrificeLife given in place of life — the principle stated in Leviticus 17:11 and carried from Eden's coats of skin to Calvary.
- ConceptThe LambFrom Abraham's "God will provide himself a lamb" to the Lamb standing as slain in heaven — the Bible's longest single image.
- ConceptThe Abrahamic CovenantLand, seed, and blessing sworn to one man — unconditional, and the root every later promise grows from.
- ConceptThe New CovenantLaw written on hearts, sins remembered no more — promised to Israel by Jeremiah, ratified in a cup on the night of betrayal.
Themes(3)
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
Topics(4)
- TopicTowA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicTowelA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicTowerA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicTown ClerkA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies(2)
- ProphecyBorn in BethlehemMicah specified the exact town of the Messiah's birth — Bethlehem Ephratah in Judah. The prophecy also hints at the Messiah's eternal pre-existence.
- ProphecyTyre's Mainland Destruction by NebuchadnezzarEzekiel specifically named Nebuchadnezzar as the first invader against Tyre, predicting a siege with horses, chariots, siege towers, and mounts.
Authors(5+)
- AuthorJeromeEusebius Hieronymus was born about 347 at Stridon, a town on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia that no longer exists. His parents were Christians with money. They sent him to…
- AuthorHegemoniusHegemonius is the name attached to a book called the *Acts of Archelaus*, written in the first half of the fourth century. Nothing about the man survives; the name comes from…
- AuthorRichard SibbesRichard Sibbes was a wheelwright's son who went up to Cambridge, and he never really left that world: he was a lecturer at Holy Trinity, master of St Catharine's Hall, and…
- AuthorGregory PalamasGregory was born in 1296 at Constantinople, into a family close to the imperial court; his father was a senator and a tutor to the young emperor. Gregory was educated for the…
- AuthorDesert FathersIn the second half of the third century, Christians began walking out of the Egyptian towns into the desert. By the middle of the fourth there were thousands of them, and by…