ΠΥΡΓΟΥ, πυργου
PYRGOU, pyrgou
Sounds Like: PYR-goo
Translations: of a tower, of the tower, a tower, the tower
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tower, a fortified structure, or a bastion. It is used to describe a tall, strong building, often part of a city wall or a fortress, providing defense or observation. It can also refer to a watchtower or a stronghold.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4444 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 9:47, 9:49, 9:51, 9:52
- 2 Esdras — 13:1, 13:11, 13:19, 13:27, 22:38, 22:39
- Jeremiah — 38:38
- Zechariah — 14:10
- Shepherd of Hermas — 10:6, 10:8, 10:9, 11:2, 11:3, 12:1, 12:2, 13:1, 13:5, 14:1, 15:1, 15:4, 15:5, 16:2, 17:6, 20:3, 24:4, 92:5, 92:6, 93:1, 93:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:13
- Book Two — 17:32
- Book Three — 2:19
- Book Five — 3:36, 4:9, 5:57, 6:35, 7:28, 13:12
- Book Six — 3:15
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 102:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 35:16
- Judges — 9:49, 9:51, 9:52
- 2 Kings — 17:9, 18:8
- Nehemiah — 3:1, 3:11, 3:19, 3:27
- 3 Maccabees — 2:27
- Jeremiah — 38:38
- Zechariah — 14:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 7:5
- Parable 9 — 1:2, 3:3, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:6, 5:1, 5:2, 5:6, 5:7, 6:2, 6:5, 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:6, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 8:4, 8:6, 9:4, 9:6, 10:1, 10:3, 11:4, 12:4, 13:4, 13:6, 14:2, 15:5, 15:6, 16:1, 16:7, 17:4, 18:3, 23:3, 30:1, 30:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 3:3, 4:1, 4:2, 5:1, 5:5, 6:1, 7:1, 7:4, 7:5, 8:2, 9:6, 12:3
- Vision 4 — 3:4
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
- ΠΥΡΓΟΝ — tower, a tower
- ΠΥΡΓΟΣ — tower, a 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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