Tower

Tower [NAVE]

TOWER
Of Babel, Gen. 11:1-9.
Of Edar, Gen. 35:21.
Of Penuel, Judg. 8:8, 9, 17.
Of Shechem, Judg. 9:46, 49.
Of Meah, Neh. 3:1; 12:39.
Of Hananeel, Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10.
Of David, Song 4:4.
Of Syene, Ezek. 29:10.
Of Siloam, Luke 13:4.
In the walls of Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 26:9; 32:5; Neh. 12:38, 39.
Of other cities, 2 Chr. 14:7.
In the desert, 2 Chr. 26:10.
For watchmen or sentinels, 2 Kin. 9:17; 18:8.
As fortress, Matt. 21:33.
Parable of, Luke 14:28, 29.
See: Forts.
Figurative
Of divine protection, 2 Sam. 22:3, 51; Psa. 18:2; 61:3; 144:2; Prov. 18:10.

TOWER [SMITH]

Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the tower of Edar, etc., (Genesis 35:21; Isaiah 21:5,8,11; Micah 4:8) etc.; the tower of Lebanon. (2 Samuel 8:6) Besides these military structures, we read in Scripture of towers built in vineyards as an almost necessary appendage to them. (1 Samuel 5:2; Matthew 22:33; Mark 12:1) Such towers are still in use in Palestine in vineyards, especially near Hebron, and are used as lodges for the keepers of the vineyards.

TOWER [ISBE]

TOWER - tou'-er.

See FORTIFICATION, I, 5; CITY, II, 1.