Strong's #4444: purgos (pronounced poor'-gos)

apparently a primary word ("burgh"); a tower or castle:--tower.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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purgos

1) a tower

2) a fortified structure rising to a considerable height, to repel a hostile attack or to enable a watchman to see in every direction

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: apparently a primary word ("burgh" )

Citing in TDNT: 6:953, 980

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Matthew 21:33: "a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out"
Mark 12:1: "digged a place for the wine vat, and built a tower, and let it out"
Luke 13:4: "eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam"
Luke 14:28: "you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth"