G4444

πύργος 

Transliteration

purgos;

Pronunciation

poor'-gos

Parts of Speech

n m

Root Word (Etymology)

apparently a primary word ("burgh")

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TDNT 6:953

KJV Translation Count — 4x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: tower (4)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. a tower
2. a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack or to enable a watchman to see in every direction

Strong's Definitions

poor'-gos; apparently a primary word ("burgh"); a tower or castle: — tower.

Concordance Results Using KJV

Hear 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 G4444, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

KJV

And 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 G4444, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

KJV

Or those eighteen, upon whom the G4444 in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

KJV

For which of you, intending to build a G4444, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

KJV

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