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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πύργοςG4444
Pronunciationpýrgos
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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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 Ita tower2×Matthew 21:33, Luke 14:28
a watchtower1×Mark 12:1
tower1×Luke 13:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 21:33
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Luke2
Source forms
πύργον3xpyrgonMatthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
πύργος1xpyrgosLuke 13:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xMatthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 14:28
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fortified structure serving defensive or observational functions, often integrated into agricultural or military contexts.
Strong'sG4444
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 13:1-9Source Gloss
a tower or castle
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 21:33Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργον,purgon
a tower, fortified structure
Read verseMark 12:1Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργον,purgon
a tower, fortified structure
Read verseLuke 13:4Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πύργοςpurgov
a tower, fortified structure
Read verseLuke 14:28Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
πύργονpurgon
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 patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 13:41×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 21:33 · Mark 12:1 · Luke 14:283×
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.
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