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migdol |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Migdol tower. (1.) A strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium in the north of Egypt (Jer. 44:1; 46:14). This word is rendered tower" in Ezek. 29:10, but the margin correctly retains the name Migdol, "from Migdol to Syene;" i.e., from Migdol in the north to Syene in the south, in other words the whole of Egypt. (2.) A place mentioned in the passage of the Red Sea (Ex. 14:2; Num. 33:7, 8). It is probably to be identified with Bir Suweis about 2 miles from Suez. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Migdol, a tower
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