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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πύργος

Strong’s: G4444

Associated OET lemmas: πύργος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: πύργος; -ου

Sense 1: tower, watchtower

Semantic entry: 7.23

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: a tall structure with a lookout at the top; made of stone; for guarding a vineyard or a settlement

Notes: In the NT πύργος may designate any type of tower, whether employed for military purposes or used by watchmen protecting a harvest.|Some scholars have suggested that in OET LUK 14:28 the reference to πύργος is some kind of farm building, but this suggestion has been rejected by others.|In a number of languages a word for ‘tower’ is simply ‘a high building’ (though of course not a skyscraper). In other instances a tower may be more appropriately described as ‘a high platform’ or ‘a high lookout place.’

Further resources: realia:1.1.11; realia:3.13.3.3

Show passage in OET: MAT 21:33

OET-RV MAT 21:33

33 “Listen to another parable: A landowner planted a vineyard and fenced it, and he carved a wine-pressing pit into it and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to tenant farmers and moved away.

OET-LV MAT 21:33

33 Hear another parable:
a_man was a_home_owner, who planted a_vineyard, and put_ a_fence _around to_it:
and dug a_wine-press in it, and built a_tower, and rented_ it _out to_tenant_farmers, and travelled.
Show passage in OET: MRK 12:1

OET-RV MRK 12:1

12 Then he started telling them some parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, dug out a wine-pressing pit, and built a security tower. Then he rented it out and went off travelling.

OET-LV MRK 12:1

12 And he_began to_be_speaking to_them in parables:
A_man planted a_vineyard and put_ a_fence _around, and dug a_trough, and built a_tower, and rented_out it to_the_tenant_farmers, and travelled.

Jump to OET MAT 21:33 section.

Jump to OET MRK 12:1 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 21:33

MRK: OET MRK 12:1

LUK: OET LUK 13:4 · OET LUK 14:28