Original Word: πύργος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: purgos
Pronunciation: POOR-gos
Phonetic Spelling: (poor'-gos)
KJV: tower
NASB: tower
Word Origin: [apparently a primary word ("burgh")]

1. a tower or castle

tower.

Apparently a primary word ("burgh"); a tower or castle -- tower.

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a tower
NASB Translation
tower (4).

STRONGS NT 4444: πύργος

πύργος, πύργου, ὁ (akin to German Burg, anciently Purg; (yet cf. Curtius, § 413)), as in Greek writings from Homer down, a tower; a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack or to enable a watchman to see in every direction. The πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωάμ ((which see)) seems to designate a tower in the walls of Jerusalem near the fountain of Siloam, Luke 13:4; the tower occupied by the keepers of a vineyard is spoken of in Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1 (after Isaiah 5:2); a tower-shaped building as a safe and convenient dwelling, Luke 14:28.

Forms and Transliterations

πύργοι πύργοις πυργον πύργον πυργος πύργος πύργου πύργους πύργων πυρεία πυρείον purgon purgos pyrgon pýrgon pyrgos pýrgos

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