Bible Dictionary: Tower: As Fortress

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Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dig a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country:
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Strong's Hebrew

4692. matsor -- siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment
... siege (17), siegeworks (1). besieged, bulwark, defense, fenced, fortress,
siege, strong hold, tower. Or matsuwr {maw-tsoor'}; from ...
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6076. ophel -- a mound, hill
... emerod, fort, strong hold, tower From aphal; a tumor; also a mound, ie Fortress --
emerod, fort, strong hold, tower. see HEBREW aphal. 6075b, 6076. ...
/hebrew/6076.htm - 5k

Library

A Description of Some Parts of Ancient Jerusalem.
... again to the south, round Mount Sion. On this side there stood a large
tower, like a fortress. The gate by which Jesus left the ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xlix a description of.htm

The Lord Our Dwelling Place
... The practical thing to do, therefore, in face of the fact that God is declared to
be our fortress and our high tower, is, by a definite act of surrender and ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 8 the lord our.htm

The Jews Fight a Great Battle with Sabinus's Soldiers, and a Great ...
... As for Sabinus himself, he got up to the highest tower of the fortress, which was
called Phasaelus; it is of the same name with Herod's brother, who was ...
/.../chapter 3 the jews fight.htm

Two Fortresses
... Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom
I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower'? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/two fortresses.htm

Antichrist in Jeremiah
... But it is what follows in the next verse which is so striking: "I have set thee
for a tower and a fortress among My people, that thou mayest know and try their ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/2 antichrist in jeremiah.htm

A Sedition against Sabinus; and How Varus Brought the Authors of ...
... and would probably, in no long time, be seized upon, and cut to pieces; while he
did himself get up to the highest tower of the fortress Phasaelus, which had ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 a sedition against.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... watch the people, that they might not there attempt to make any innovations; for
the temple was a fortress that guarded the city, as was the tower of Antonia a ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

Concerning Masada and those Sicarii who Kept It; and How Silva ...
... any valley for agriculture, that such as committed themselves to this fortress for
their ... of its nature; and for the western road, he built a large tower at its ...
/.../chapter 8 concerning masada and.htm

Of the [Temple And] Cities that were Built by Herod and Erected ...
... Moreover, he dedicated a tower that was at Jerusalem, and called it by the name
of ... so did he not neglect a memorial for himself, but built a fortress upon a ...
/.../chapter 21 of the temple.htm

The Maccabees.
... he built strong walls round the Temple, so that it too became a fortress, and he ...
brother, Eleazar, who seeing an elephant of huge size, with a tower of unusual ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xviii the maccabees.htm

Subtopics

Tower

Tower for Watchmen (Sentinels)

Tower in the Desert

Tower in the Walls of Jerusalem

Tower of Babel

Tower of David

Tower of Divine Protection

Tower of Edar

Tower of Edar the Flock

Tower of Hananeel

Tower of Ivory