Bible Dictionaries
Watchtower

Holman Bible Dictionary

A tower on a high place or built high enough to afford a person to be able to see for some distance. The person doing the watching may be a soldier or a servant (2 Kings 9:17; Isaiah 5:2; Mark 12:1 ). See Tower .

Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Watchtower'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​w/watchtower.html. 1991.