Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4026
מִגְדָּל
migdalmig-dawl'
(Hananel) Tower
48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: migdâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4026is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 38spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4026
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
The King James renders it: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
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
migdal is rendered "(Hananel) Tower". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Nehemiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.
The first use
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Genesis 11:4וּמִגְדָּל֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the tower7
- tower of7
- and tower of3
- like tower of3
- the towers3
- towers3
- a tower of2
- and the tower2
- and towers2
- from a tower of2
- towers its2
- a high platform of1
and 11 more, 48 uses in all
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 |
| מִגְדּוֹל | Migdol | tower | Uses7 |
| 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 48, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
38 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
- מִגְדַּ֥ל3
- מִגְדַּל־3
- מִֽגְדַּל־3
- מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל3
- וּמִגְדַּ֣ל2
- כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל2
- בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְ1
- הַמִּגְדָּ֑ל1
- הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל1
- הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל1
- הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל1
- הַמִּגְדָּ֜ל1
and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HR/Ncmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular7HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp2fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
Genesis
two uses
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- וּמִגְדָּל֙umigdalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a tower
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
- הַמִּגְדָּ֑לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
Judges
nine uses
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
- הַמִּגְדָּ֥לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- מִגְדַּ֥לmigdalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- מִֽגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
- מִֽגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
- מִֽגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- וּמִגְדַּל־umigdal-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a tower of
- הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃hamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
- הַמִּגְדָּ֔לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
- הַמִּגְדָּ֖לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
2 Kings
three uses
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
- הַמִּגְדָּ֜לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
- מִמִּגְדַּ֥לmimigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from a tower of
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- מִמִּגְדַּ֥לmimigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from a tower of
1 Chronicles
one use
Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
- וּבַמִּגְדָּל֔וֹתuvamigdalotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and in the towers
2 Chronicles
six uses
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
- וּמִגְדָּלִים֮umigdalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and towers
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- מִגְדָּלִים֙migdalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: towers
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
- מִגְדָּלִ֜יםmigdalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: towers
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
- הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙hamigdalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the towers
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
- וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃umigdalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and towers
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- הַמִּגְדָּל֗וֹתhamigdalotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the towers
Nehemiah
ten uses
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- מִגְדַּ֤לmigdalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
- מִגְדַּ֥לmigdalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
- מִגְדַּ֥לmigdalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tower of
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
- וְהַמִּגְדָּ֗לvehamigdalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the tower
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
- וְהַמִּגְדָּ֖לvehamigdalconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the tower
And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
- הַמִּגְדָּ֤לhamigdalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tower
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- מִגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a high platform of
The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
- לְמִגְדַּ֣לlemigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to tower of
over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
- וּמִגְדַּ֤לumigdalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tower of
- וּמִגְדַּ֣לumigdalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tower of
Psalms
two uses
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ׃migdaleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: towers its
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- מִגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tower of
Proverbs
one use
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- מִגְדַּל־migdal-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tower of
Song of Solomon
five uses
Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
- כְּמִגְדַּ֤לkemigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like tower of
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
- מִגְדְּל֖וֹתmigdelotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: towers of
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
- כְּמִגְדַּ֣לkemigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like tower of
- כְּמִגְדַּ֣לkemigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like tower of
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
- כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹתkamigdalotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the towers
Isaiah
four uses
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
- מִגְדָּ֣לmigdalnoun · masculine singulartagged: tower
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- מִגְדָּל֙migdalnoun · masculine singulartagged: a tower
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
- מִגְדָּלִֽים׃migdalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: towers
Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
- הַמִּגְדָּלִֽים׃hamigdalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the towers
Jeremiah
one use
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
- מִמִּגְדַּ֥לmimigdalpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from tower of
Ezekiel
three uses
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
- מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָmigdaleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: towers its
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
- וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְumigdelotayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and towers your
Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.
- בְּמִגְדְּלוֹתַ֖יִךְbemigdelotayikhpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: in towers your
Zechariah
one use
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
- וּמִגְדַּ֣לumigdalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tower of
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.
