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Tower, ziggurat

Human-made Things in the Bible

The ziggurat was a very high tower built for religious or ceremonial purposes. It had a staircase around its outside and a shrine at the top.

Pictures

A model of a Babylonian ziggurat (Model of Etemenanki, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin)
A model of a Babylonian ziggurat (Model of Etemenanki, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin)O.Mustafin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

מִגְדָּל migdal · 2 verses

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Also in Temples

Jewish Temple307 versesPagan temple, idol’s temple45 verses

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