KJV dictionary & concordance

watchtower

Meaning of “watchtower”

A tower used for watching or keeping guard.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

2 occurrences2 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 21:5

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Isaiah 21:5 · retained source text

Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eate, drinke: arise yee princes, and anoint the shield.

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 21:8 · retained source text

And he cryed; A lyon: my LORD, I stand continually vpon the watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

1611 marginal noteOr, cryed as a lyon.

1611 marginal noteOr, euery night.

1611 marginal noteAbacuc. 2.1.

Source order

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Historical English dictionary sources

A tower on which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies or the approach of danger.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 909