ΠΥΡΓΟΥΣ, πυργους
PYRGOUS, pyrgous
Sounds Like: PYR-goos
Translations: towers, a tower
From the root: ΠΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tower, a tall, narrow structure, often part of a fortification or building. It can be used to describe defensive structures in a city wall or standalone towers. In the provided examples, it refers to the towers of Jerusalem and strong towers where people took refuge.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4444 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 10:219, 11:237
- Book 10 — 3:44, 8:131
- Book 11 — 3:45
- Book 12 — 7:326, 8:328, 8:353, 9:371
- Book 13 — 1:16, 1:26, 2:57, 8:238, 15:390
- Book 14 — 4:64, 15:466
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:15, 5:16, 8:7, 18:22
- Book Two — 17:35, 17:37
- Book Three — 7:43, 7:153
- Book Four — 9:95
- Book Five — 1:37, 2:9, 4:23, 4:27, 7:2, 7:7
- Book Six — 9:4, 9:5
- Book Seven — 1:1, 6:12, 8:38
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 14:7, 26:9, 26:10, 27:4, 32:5
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:52, 4:4
- Judith — 1:3, 7:5, 7:32
- Tobit — 13:12
- 1 Maccabees — 4:60, 5:5, 5:65, 16:10
- 2 Maccabees — 10:18, 10:22, 10:36
- Isaiah — 29:3
- Ezekiel — 26:4, 26:9
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
- ΠΥΡΓΟΥ — of a tower, of the tower, a tower, the 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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