tower
purgos denotes a built structure, appearing in vineyard preparation, a proposed building project, and an account of a collapse.
The term denotes a built structure: three occurrences place it among vineyard preparations or a planned construction, while Luke 13:4 refers to one that fell on and killed people.
Senses in use
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Structure built or planned in a setting · dominant
In Mark 12:1 and Matthew 21:33, the accusative singular form occurs in the sequence of actions by which a man prepares a vineyard before leasing it to farmers; the APB renders the clause “built a tower.” In Luke 14:28, the same form is the object of wanting to build, with the cost calculated toward completing the project.
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Structure described as collapsing · rare
In Luke 13:4, the nominative singular form is the structure that “fell and killed” eighteen people; the APB renders it as “the tower in Siloam.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the term with “tower”: one is built in vineyard accounts, one is proposed for construction, and one falls. The verse is read as a whole, but these clauses consistently place the form with that structure.