Word Study · Strong's H4024 · Hebrew
מִגְדּוֹל
Migdol
mig-dole'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Migdôwl
“Migdol, a place in Egypt”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Migdol, a place in Egypt
Rendered in the KJV as
Migdol, tower.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל1
- בְּמִגְדֹּל֙1
- מִגְדּ֖וֹל1
- מִגְדֹּ֖ל1
- מִגְדֹּֽל׃1
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֥ל1
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֣ל1
How it is rendered · 4
- from Migdol2
- in Migdol2
- Migdol2
- [the] tower1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 4
- HNpl · 2
- HNcmsc · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers1 occurrence
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 44:1בְּמִגְדֹּל֙bemigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:here: in Migdol
- Jeremiah 46:14בְמִגְדּ֔וֹלvemigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’here: in Migdol
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:10מִמִּגְדֹּ֥לmimigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.here: from Migdol
- Ezekiel 30:6מִמִּגְדֹּ֣לmimigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.here: from Migdol