What does πύργος (pýrgos) mean in the Bible?
πύργος (pýrgos): Fortified structure serving defensive or observational functions, often integrated into agricultural or military contexts.
Greek · G4444
πύργος
A tower or castle
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πύργος G4444
Pronunciation pýrgos
What does πύργος (pýrgos) mean in the Bible?
πύργος (pýrgos): Fortified structure serving defensive or observational functions, often integrated into agricultural or military contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4444?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a tower (2), a watchtower (1), tower (1).
Where does πύργος (pýrgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a tower 2× Matthew 21:33, Luke 14:28
a watchtower 1× Mark 12:1
tower 1× Luke 13:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:33
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2
Source forms
πύργον 3x pyrgon Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
πύργος 1x pyrgos Luke 13:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fortified structure serving defensive or observational functions, often integrated into agricultural or military contexts.
Strong's G4444
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:1-9 Source Gloss
a tower or castle
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:33 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργον, purgon
a tower, fortified structure
Read verse Mark 12:1 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργον, purgon
a tower, fortified structure
Read verse Luke 13:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πύργος purgov
a tower, fortified structure
Read verse Luke 14:28 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργον purgon
a tower, fortified structure
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 13:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 21:33 · Mark 12:1 · Luke 14:28 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A literal tower whose collapse caused death, exemplifying divine judgment
A watchtower built in a vineyard for protection and oversight of crops
A fortified structure requiring calculation of building costs and resources
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πύργος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain