King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4023
Transliteration: Mgiddown
Phonetic Spelling: (meg-id-done')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a tower
Meaning: Megiddo -- a tower
Word Summary
Mgiddown: a tower
Original Word: מְגִדּוֹןTransliteration: Mgiddown
Phonetic Spelling: (meg-id-done')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a tower
Meaning: Megiddo -- a tower
Strong's Concordance
Megiddo, Megiddon (Zech. 'abdan or Mgiddow {meg-id-do'}; from gadad; rendezvous; Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Palestine -- Megiddo, Megiddon.
see HEBREW 'abdan
see HEBREW gadad
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4023. Mgiddown
מְגִדּוֺ and (Zechariah 12:11) מְגִדּוֺן proper name, of a location (connection with above √ not clear; ᵐ5 Μαγεδδω, Μεκεδω, Μαγεδω, etc.; ᵑ9 Mageddo; Assyrian Magadû, Magidû COTGloss DlPa 287) old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh 1 Kings 4:12; 9:15; 2 Kings 9:27; 23:29-30, מ ׳מֶלֶךְ Joshua 12:21; מ ׳ישְׁבֵי 17:11 = Judges 1:27; מ ׳מֵי 5:19; מ ׳בִּקְעַת Zechariah 12:11; 2 Chronicles 35:22; — modern Lejjûn (=Legio) RobBR ii. 329 f.364BdPal 229.
גדה (cut, cut or tear away ?).