Bible Dictionary: Watchtower

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

Strong's Hebrew

4707. mitspeh -- watchtower
... 4706, 4707. mitspeh. 4708 . watchtower. Transliteration: mitspeh Phonetic
Spelling: (mits-peh') Short Definition: lookout. Word ...
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975. bachan -- a watchtower
... 974, 975. bachan. 976 . a watchtower. Transliteration: bachan Phonetic
Spelling: (bakh'-an) Short Definition: watch-tower. Word ...
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7434. Ramath Hammitspeh -- "height of the watchtower," a city on N ...
Ramath Hammitspeh. 7433, 7434. Ramath Hammitspeh. 7435 . "height of the
watchtower," a city on N. border of Gad. Transliteration: Ramath Hammitspeh Phonetic ...
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6844. tsaphith -- a rug, carpet
... Word Origin from tsaphah Definition a rug, carpet NASB Word Usage cloth (1). watchtower.
From tsaphah; a sentry -- watchtower. see HEBREW tsaphah. 6843, 6844 ...
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4026. migdal -- a tower
... Word Origin from gadal Definition a tower NASB Word Usage banks (1), podium (1),
Tower (8), tower (23), towers (14), watchtower (2). castle, flower, tower. ...
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Library

23D DAY. A Speedy Coming.
... Stand oftentimes on the watchtower to catch the first streak of that coming
brightness, the first murmur of these chariot wheels. ...
/.../macduff/the faithful promiser/23d day a speedy coming.htm

This Necessity Our Opponents do not at all Consider. ...
... up" (Ps.5:3). From these words we gather, that prayers are vainly poured out into
the air unless accompanied with faith, in which, as from a watchtower, we may ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 12 this necessity our.htm

The Author Goes on with the Interpretation of the Same Passage.
... as the psalm shows, which is resplendent charity and the commandment respecting
it, for Zion is interpreted "The commandment of the watchtower." [2621] Now ...
/.../chapter iv the author goes on.htm

Search the Scriptures
... We have some reason now to be upon the watchtower, lest haply some should arise
in our midst, the spurious offspring of these happy times of evangelical ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/search the scriptures.htm

Conclusion of the Subject. Pain of the Awakening. Light against ...
... I see well enough, O Lord, how little I can do; but now, having drawn near to
Thee,"having ascended to this watchtower, from which the truth may be seen ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxi conclusion of the.htm

Why all Things Work for Good
... body. The eye is set as it were in the watchtower, it stands sentinel to
spy any danger that may come to the body, and prevent it. ...
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The Shout of Faith
... and to praise, the Lord began to set ambushments against the enemy, so that they
smote one another; and when the children of Israel came to a watchtower in the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 14 the shout of.htm

The Nativity of Jesus the Messiah.
... Equally so was the belief, that He was to be revealed from Migdal Eder, the tower
of the flock.' [950] This Migdal Eder was not the watchtower for the ordinary ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vi the nativity of.htm

Jehoshaphat
... "And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked unto the
multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 15 jehoshaphat.htm

Letter Lx. To Heliodorus.
... The eyes of all are turned upon you. Your house is set on a watchtower; your
life fixes for others the limits of their self-control. ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lx to heliodorus.htm

Thesaurus

Watchtower (9 Occurrences)
...Watchtower (9 Occurrences). ... (BBE RSV). Isaiah 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. (KJV). ...
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Migdol (6 Occurrences)
... between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon.' It is thus to be sought
(see EXODUS) West of the Bitter Lakes, and may have been a watchtower on the ...
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Noisy (14 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 32:14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which
was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be ...
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Unpeopled (38 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 32:14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which
was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be ...
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Lookout (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 21:8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower
all day, and am placed in my watch every night: (See NAS NIV). ...
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Grape-crushing (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones,
and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle ...
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Watch-tower (6 Occurrences)
Watch-tower. Watchtower, Watch-tower. Watchtowers . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(YLT). Watchtower, Watch-tower. Watchtowers . Reference Bible.
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Wasteland (19 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 32:14 For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which
was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be ...
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Watchman (19 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 21:8 And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower
all day, and am placed in my watch every night: (BBE). ...
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Watch-tour
Watch-tour. Watchtour, Watch-tour. Watchtower . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ...
See MIZPEH; TOWER. Watchtour, Watch-tour. Watchtower . Reference Bible
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Bible Concordance

Watchtower (9 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
(See NIV)

Mark 12:1 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 17:9 and the children of Israel did impute things that were not right unto the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 18:8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:24 And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.
(BBE RSV)

Isaiah 21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
(KJV)

Isaiah 21:8 He cried like a lion: "Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and every night I stay at my post.
(WEB KJV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
(WEB BBE DBY RSV NIV)

Micah 4:8 You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Watchtower

Related Terms

Migdol (6 Occurrences)

Noisy (14 Occurrences)

Unpeopled (38 Occurrences)

Lookout (4 Occurrences)

Grape-crushing (2 Occurrences)

Watch-tower (6 Occurrences)

Wasteland (19 Occurrences)

Watchman (19 Occurrences)

Watch-tour