Lexical Definition
πύργος pýrgos (poor'-gos) tower G:N-M
apparently a primary word ("burgh")
tower.
- a tower or castle
Abbott-Smith
πύργος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל;]
a tower: Lk 13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Is 5:2): Mt 21:33, Mk 12:1, and prob., Lk 14:28.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5:2 |
| Matthew | 21:33 |
| Mark | 12:1 |
| Luke | 13:4 · 14:28 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
πύργος, ὁ,
tower, especially such as were attached to the walls of a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in plural, city walls or ramparts with their towers, [πύργος ὑψηλός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.262; πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ᾽ ἔτι πτόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1209; πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116a. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b movable tower for storming towns, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c tower on the back of war-elephants, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__d Ζανὸς π., [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the central fire of the universe, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, tower of defence, τοῖος.. σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτων δ᾽ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 the part of a house (probably a separate building) in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται [Refs 4th c.BC+] in her tower, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of the workman's hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; outbuildings, especially if used in industry, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II part of an army drawn up in close order, column, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 at Teos, a division of the people, [Refs]
__III dice-box, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; cf. Latin pyrgus.
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Isa.5.2 ☩ LXX.Mic.4.8 ☩ Mark.12.1 ☩ Luke.14.28