מִגְדּוֹל (migdōl) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning tower. It appears 7 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4024).

Also rendered

• Migdol

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 315g)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִגְדּוֹל noun, masculine: tower

Strong's H4024 מִגְדּוֹל: Migdol, a place in Egypt
KJV:Migdol, tower.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 315: גָּדַל gādal — grow up, become great; to be magnified; cause to grow, make great, powerful, magnify; brought up; do great things; be, make, large; advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, become

• גָּדוֹל haggĕdôlîm — great
• גָּדַל gādal — grow up
• מִגְדָּל migdāl — tower
• גְּדוּלָּה gĕdûllâ — greatness
• גֹּדֶל gōdel — greatness
• גָּדֵל gādēl — becoming great
• גְּדִלִים gĕdilîm — twisted threads

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