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"