מִגְדּוֹל
Migdôwl · mig-dole'
Migdol, a place in Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִגְדֹּל; probably of Egyptian origin;
Migdol, a place in Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Migdol, tower.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִגְדּוֹל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from the tower2 · 29%
- between migdol1 · 14%
- migdol1 · 14%
- he is the tower1 · 14%
- at migdol1 · 14%
- in migdol1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.