πύργος
purgos (G4444)
tower
AI Word Study
The Greek word πύργος (purgos) is primarily defined as a "tower". Its semantic domain falls within the category of "Construction & Crafts", indicating its direct connection to architecture or engineering. In the Bible, this word is used four times, suggesting it is a relatively common term in Christian scripture. As a word related to construction, πύργος likely encompasses various types of elevated structures, such as watchtowers, monuments, or perhaps even fortifications. While the significance of πύργος is not immediately clear from its definition, its recurrence in four distinct contexts may suggest that it holds more meaning than a simple term for a tower. However, without further context or usage information, its functional or symbolic implications remain uncertain.
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“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?