ΠΥΓΟΝ, πυγον
PYGON, pygon
Sounds Like: POOR-gos
Translations: tower, a tower
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or a truncated form of 'ΠΥΡΓΟΣ' (pyrgos), which means 'tower'. In Koine Greek, 'ΠΥΡΓΟΣ' refers to a tall, fortified structure, often used for defense or observation. It can also refer to a building or a stronghold. The provided context strongly suggests the intended word is 'tower'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4444 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΡΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΤΑΠΥΡΓΙΑ — spaces between towers, intervals between towers, curtain walls
- ΠΥΓΟΥ — of a tower, of the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟ — tower, a tower, fortress, a fortress
- ΠΥΡΓΟΙ — towers
- ΠΥΡΓΟΙΣ — to towers, in towers, with towers, by towers
- ΠΥΡΓΟΝ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΣ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥ — of a tower, of the tower, a tower, the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥΣ — towers, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥΣΔΕ — towers, and towers, but towers, moreover towers
- ΠΥΡΓΩ — (to) a tower, (to) the tower
- ΠΥΡΓΩΝ — of towers, towers
- ΠΥΡΓΩΤΗΝ — towered, furnished with towers, a towered (thing)
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.