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πύργος

MainId: 004347000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4444

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004347001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: πύργος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004347001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 7.23

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Constructions

      LEXSubDomains: Buildings

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-08 23:15:27

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

         Glosses: ['tower', 'watchtower']

         Comments: 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 {S:04201402800012} 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.’

      LEXReferences: MAT 21:33, MARK 12:1, LUKE 13:4, LUKE 14:28

      LEXLinks: ['realia:1.1.11', 'realia:3.13.3.3']