The meaning of “πύργος”
Understanding pýrgos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primary word ("burgh") tower. - a tower or castle
πύργος
apparently a primary word ("burgh") tower. - a tower or castle
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 21:33 | “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:” Word: πύργος (pýrgos) | |
| Mark 12:1 | “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.” Word: πύργος (pýrgos) | |
| Luke 13:4 | “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?” Word: πύργος (pýrgos) | |
| Luke 14:28 | “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?” Word: πύργος (pýrgos) |