Bible Dictionary: Tower of Meah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Tower of Meah

TOWER OF MEAH

me'-a.

See HAMMEAH.

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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.
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Nehemiah 12:39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
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Strong's Hebrew

3968. Meah -- a tower on the N. wall of Jer.
... NASB Word Usage hundred (2). Meah. The same as me'ah; Meah, a tower in Jerusalem --
Meah. see HEBREW me'ah. 3967, 3968. Meah. 3969 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3
... Going forward, on the south part, was the tower Meah: and beyond that, "the tower
of Hananeel": in the Chaldee paraphrast it is, 'The tower Piccus,' Zechariah ...
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Subtopics

Tower

Tower for Watchmen (Sentinels)

Tower in the Desert

Tower in the Walls of Jerusalem

Tower of Babel

Tower of David

Tower of Divine Protection

Tower of Edar

Tower of Edar the Flock

Tower of Hananeel

Tower of Ivory