Definition
πύργος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל ;]
a tower: Luke 13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isaiah 5:2): Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, and prob., Luke 14:28.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πύργος:
- מִגְדָּלmig.dal“(Hananel) Tower”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Matthew 21:33πύργον · a towerListen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Mark 12:1πύργον · a watchtowerThen Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Luke 13:4πύργος · towerOr those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
- Luke 14:28πύργον · a towerWhich of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?