Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4026
מִגְדָּל
mig.dal · “(Hananel) Tower”
Used 49 times across 14 books
Definition
Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606)
This name means tower
Where it appears
Genesis2
Judges9
2 Kings3
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles6
Nehemiah10
Psalms2
Proverbs1
Song of Solomon5
Isaiah4
Jeremiah1
Ezekiel3
Micah1
Zechariah1
In the text
Genesis 11:4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.Genesis 11:5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.Judges 8:9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.Judges 8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.Judges 9:46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.Judges 9:47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.Judges 9:49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.Judges 9:51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.Judges 9:52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.2 Kings 9:17And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
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