Watchtower, tower
Human-made Things in the Bible
The watchtower was a tall structure with a lookout at the top.
How it was used
Watchtowers were placed at intervals along city walls to watch for an approaching enemy. They also allowed the defenders of the city to shoot at an attacker from his flank. Sometimes towers were built on private property to protect it. See also Firing platform, siege tower.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
אַלְמָן ’alman · 1 verse
בַּחַן bachan · 1 verse
מִגְדָּל, מִגְדֹּל migdal, migdol · 35 verses
מָצוֹר matsor · 1 verse
מִצְפֶּה mitspeh · 2 verses
פִּנָּה pinah · 3 verses
שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh · 1 verse
πύργος purgos · 27 verses
σκοπή skopē · 1 verse
Also in City fortifications
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema