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• Babel, Tower of
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CARM Theological Dictionary
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• Tower of the Furnaces
• Siloam, Tower of
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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• Tower
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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• Siloam, Tower in
• Lebanon, Tower of
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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• Tower
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Webster Dictionary
• Towering (2)
• Towering
• Towered (2)
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Babel, Tower of
• David, Tower of
• Furnaces, Tower of the
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Babel Tower of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Jezreel, Tower of
• Pile-Tower, or Pele-Tower
• Rood-Steeple, or Rood-Tower.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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• Leaning Tower
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Tower of Babel
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abraham, Tower of
• Babel, Tower of
• Hammeah, Tower of
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Lexicons
• ܡܰܓ݂ܕ݁ܠܳܐ
• πύργος
• אַרְמוֹן
• בָּחוֹן
• בַּחוּן , בַּחִין
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is the rendering in the A. V. of the following Heb. and Gr. words:

1. בָּחוֹן בִּחִן, and בָּחוּן (Sept. ἔπαλξις ),from בָּחִן, to ‘ search," "explore," a searcher or watcher; and hence the notion of a watch-tower. In Isaiah 32:14 the tower of Ophel is probably meant (Nehemiah 3:26).

2. מגַדָּל and מַגְדּל or מגְדּוֹל (πύργος;' turris), from גָּדִל to "become great," a-lofty tower; used sometimes as a proper noun. (See MIGDOL),

3. מָצוֹר (πέτρα munitio), a strong fortification; only once "tower" (Habakkuk 2:1). (See EGYPT).

4. עֹפֵל (οικος;' domus), only in 2 Kings 5:24. (See OPHEL).

5. פּנָּה, usually "corner," twice only "tower" (Zephaniah 1:16; Zephaniah 3:6; γωνία; angulus).

6. מַצְפֶּה (σκοπιά :specula), "watch-tower." (See MIZPAH).

7. מַשְׂגָּב (ὀχύρωμα; robur), "a refuge," only in poetry. (See MISGAH).

8. Πύργος , the general term in the New Test. (See FORTIFICATION).

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