Meaning
Towers of Babel (Gen 11:4), Edar (Gen 35:21), Penuel (Judg 8:9, 17), Shechem (9:46), David (Cant 4:4), Lebanon (7:4), Syene (Ezek 29:10), Hananeel (Zech 14:10), Siloam (Luke 13:4). There were several towers in Jerusalem (2Chr 26:9; Ps 48:12). They were erected for various purposes, as watch-towers in vineyard (Isa 5:2; Matt 21:33) and towers for defence.