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4444 – πύργος (purgos)

tower


Type:
Noun
mask. ♂
Category:  Things  Buildings  Buildings  Tower
Greek: πύργος (purgos)
Pronunciation: poor-gos
Gematria: 659(80 + 400 + 100 + 3 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Apparently a primary word ("burgh")
Usage: 4 times in NT

Description

  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.


Word root

Word with purgos as root:

ΠέργαμοςPergamosG4010Pergamos

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into purgos :

מִגְדָּלmigdalH4026tower
מְצוּרָהmetsorahH4694fortress
מַשְׂאֵתmasetH4864uprising

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM-3
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM-1


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Usage in NT


1
1
2
Total    4

References (4 occurances in 4 verses)




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