Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4024
מִגְדּוֹל
Migdolmig-dole'
tower; Migdol
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Migdôwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4024is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4024
Migdol, a place in Egypt
The King James renders it: Migdol, tower.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Migdol is rendered "tower; Migdol". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "tower".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 14:2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
Exodus 14:2מִגְדֹּ֖ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: tower, and Migdol.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| towerStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 14:2“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea… |
| MigdolStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- from Migdol2
- in Migdol2
- Migdol2
- tower1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִגְרָשׁ | migrash | pasture | Uses119 |
| מִגְדָּל | migdal | (Hananel) Tower | Uses48 |
| מִגְבָּעָה | migbaah | headgear | Uses4 |
| מִגְדָּנָה | migdanah | precious thing | Uses4 |
| מִגְעֶרֶת | migereth | rebuke | Uses1 |
| מִגְרָעָה | migraah | recess | Uses1 |
| מִגְרָפָה | migraphah | clod | Uses1 |
| מִגְבָּלָה | migbalah | twisted | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל1
- בְּמִגְדֹּל֙1
- מִגְדּ֖וֹל1
- מִגְדֹּ֖ל1
- מִגְדֹּֽל׃1
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֥ל1
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֣ל1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name)2HNpl
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Exodus
one use
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- מִגְדֹּ֖לmigdolproper noun (a name)tagged: Migdol
Numbers
one use
They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
- מִגְדֹּֽל׃migdolproper noun (a name)tagged: Migdol
2 Samuel
one use
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
- מִגְדּ֖וֹלmigdilnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower
Jeremiah
two uses
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:
- בְּמִגְדֹּל֙bemigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Migdol
“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.’
- בְמִגְדּ֔וֹלvemigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Migdol
Ezekiel
two uses
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.
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֥לmimigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Migdol
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.
- מִמִּגְדֹּ֣לmimigdolpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Migdol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.