Strong G4444πύργος
tower
- Transliteration
- purgos
- Pronunciation
- poor'-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word (burgh); a tower or castle: - tower.
Detailed definition
πύργος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל;]
a tower: Luk.13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isa.5:2): Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, and prob., Luk.14:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל;]
a tower: Luk.13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isa.5:2): Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, and prob., Luk.14:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4444 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tower4
First verses
- Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
- Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
- Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πύργος, ὁ,
tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.219, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 242, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.99.9, etc.)]: in plural, city walls or ramparts with their towers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.338, 437; in _sing._, ἧντ᾽ ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153, compare 22.447; πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.262; πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ᾽ ἔτι πτόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1209; πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a.)]
b movable tower for storming towns, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.53, 6.2.18; π. ὑπότροχοι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 42.3.)]
c tower on the back of war-elephants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 2.4.)]
d Ζανὸς π., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for the central fire of the universe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 204.)]
2 metaphorically, tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.556; ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.10; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ᾽ ἔχει π. μέγαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 311, compare “Med.” 390; ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς “Tragica Adespota” 392)]; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1201 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 the part of a house (probably a separate building) in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.56; especially if unmarried, as 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] in her tower, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 32, 187, compare 3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 1)]; of the workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 42), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.30.4, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.402 (Antip.))]; outbuildings, especially if used in industry, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.5.2, LXX.Mic.4.8, “PStrassb.” 110.6 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1194.9 (2nd c.BC), 650.8 (1st c.AD), “POxy.” 243.15 (1st c.AD), NT.Mark.12.1, NT.Luke.14.28, “PGiss.” 67.16 (2nd c.AD), “IG” 22.2776.65 (2nd c.AD))]; π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.371.3 (1st c.AD).)]
II part of an army drawn up in close order, column, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.334, 347.)]
II.2 at Teos, a division of the people, [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3064,3081, +others)]
III dice-box, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.482.24 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; cf. Latin pyrgus.
tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.219, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 242, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17, +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.99.9, etc.)]: in plural, city walls or ramparts with their towers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.338, 437; in _sing._, ἧντ᾽ ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153, compare 22.447; πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.262; πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ᾽ ἔτι πτόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1209; πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a.)]
b movable tower for storming towns, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.53, 6.2.18; π. ὑπότροχοι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 42.3.)]
c tower on the back of war-elephants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 2.4.)]
d Ζανὸς π., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for the central fire of the universe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 204.)]
2 metaphorically, tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.556; ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.10; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ᾽ ἔχει π. μέγαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 311, compare “Med.” 390; ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς “Tragica Adespota” 392)]; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1201 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 the part of a house (probably a separate building) in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.56; especially if unmarried, as 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] in her tower, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 32, 187, compare 3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 1)]; of the workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 42), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.30.4, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.402 (Antip.))]; outbuildings, especially if used in industry, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.5.2, LXX.Mic.4.8, “PStrassb.” 110.6 (3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1194.9 (2nd c.BC), 650.8 (1st c.AD), “POxy.” 243.15 (1st c.AD), NT.Mark.12.1, NT.Luke.14.28, “PGiss.” 67.16 (2nd c.AD), “IG” 22.2776.65 (2nd c.AD))]; π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.371.3 (1st c.AD).)]
II part of an army drawn up in close order, column, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.334, 347.)]
II.2 at Teos, a division of the people, [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3064,3081, +others)]
III dice-box, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.482.24 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]; cf. Latin pyrgus.