ΠΥΡΓΟΝ, πυργον
PYRGON, pyrgon
Sounds Like: PYR-gon
Translations: tower, a tower
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tower, which is a tall, narrow building or structure. It can be used to describe a watchtower, a fortified structure, or any elevated building. In a sentence, it would typically function as the direct object of a verb, indicating something that is built, attacked, or observed.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4444 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 16:4
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 8:9, 8:17
- 1 Maccabees — 13:43
- Isaiah — 2:15, 5:2, 9:9
- Matthew — 21:33
- Mark — 12:1
- Luke — 14:28
- Epistle of Barnabas — 16:5
- Shepherd of Hermas — 10:4, 15:5, 16:9, 17:5, 18:1, 68:1, 68:2, 68:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 4:114, 4:115, 4:117, 4:118
- Book 7 — 7:142
- Book 13 — 11:309, 12:324, 12:326, 15:395
- Book 14 — 4:76, 11:295
- Book 15 — 7:217, 8:293, 11:424
- Book 16 — 5:144
- Book 18 — 6:147
- Book 20 — 8:173
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 21:11, 22:18
- Book Two — 3:8, 6:18
- Book Three — 2:18
- Book Four — 4:15, 10:29
- Book Five — 2:9, 3:37, 4:12, 6:37, 7:14, 13:8, 13:14
- Book Six — 8:4
- Book Seven — 8:54
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 127:1
Pseudo-Baruch
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 11:4, 11:5, 11:8
- Judges — 8:9, 8:17
- 2 Kings — 9:17
- 1 Maccabees — 13:43
- 2 Maccabees — 14:41
- Odes — 4:2
- Isaiah — 2:15, 5:2, 9:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 3:5, 3:6, 4:6, 6:6, 7:2, 7:5, 9:4, 10:1, 10:4
- Parable 9 — 3:1, 3:2, 3:4, 4:1, 4:8, 5:1, 5:6, 6:1, 6:2, 6:8, 7:1, 7:6, 7:7, 9:6, 9:7, 10:4, 11:5, 12:6, 12:7, 13:5, 26:6
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΠΥΓΟΝ — tower, a tower
- 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
- 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)
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