"a tower, Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 13:4; genr. a castle, palace, Lk. 14:28*"
Definition and meaning
a tower, Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 13:4; genr. a castle, palace, Lk. 14:28*
In the original Greek the word is written: πύργος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of pyrgos (G4444) across the King James Bible.
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
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Common questions
Strong's G4444 (pyrgos) is a Greek word that means: a tower, Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 13:4; genr. a castle, palace, Lk. 14:28* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word pyrgos (G4444) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4444 is pyrgos, a Greek word defined as: a tower, Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 13:4; genr. a castle, palace, Lk. 14:28*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
pyrgos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.