Strong G4769στῦλος
pillar
- Transliteration
- stulos
- Pronunciation
- stoo'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From στύω stuō (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of G2476); a post (style) that is (figuratively) support: - pillar.
Detailed definition
στύλος (T, στῦλος, as in cl.), -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for עַמּוּד, also for קֶרֶשׁ, etc.;]
a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ. πυρός, Rev.10:1; σ. ἐν τ. ναῷ, figuratively, Rev.3:12, Metaphorical, Gal.2:9; τ. ἀληθείας, 1Ti.3:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עַמּוּד, also for קֶרֶשׁ, etc.;]
a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ. πυρός, Rev.10:1; σ. ἐν τ. ναῷ, figuratively, Rev.3:12, Metaphorical, Gal.2:9; τ. ἀληθείας, 1Ti.3:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4769 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pillar4
First verses
- Galatians 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
- 1 Timothy 3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στῦλος, ὁ
(feminine at Epidaurus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).102.66, +others(4th c.BC), but also _masculine_ there, [prev. work]109iii92 (3rd c.BC)))], pillar (={κίων} accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.544))], especially as a support or bearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, “IG” [same places]; στέγης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 898; δόμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 50; σ. μονόλιθοι “BGU” 1713 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]: metaphorically, σ... οἴκων εἰσὶ παῖδες ἄρσενες [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 57, cf. NT.Gal.2.9, NT.1Tim.3.15.)]
2 σ. πυρός [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.13.21, NT.Rev.10.1.)]
3 wooden pole, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 203, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.22.4)]; [σκηνῆς] tent-poles, uprights, opposed to διατόναια, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 353.9 (3rd c.BC))]; plank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47.)]
4 stile for writing on waxed tablets; wrongly used in this sense by Greek speakers at Alexandria and in the East accusative to [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Anatomy texts Ad” xiv (Arabic version, ii p.183 ed. M. Simon, Leipzig 1906))]; compare στυλοειδής.
(feminine at Epidaurus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).102.66, +others(4th c.BC), but also _masculine_ there, [prev. work]109iii92 (3rd c.BC)))], pillar (={κίων} accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.544))], especially as a support or bearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, “IG” [same places]; στέγης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 898; δόμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 50; σ. μονόλιθοι “BGU” 1713 (2nd-3rd c.AD))]: metaphorically, σ... οἴκων εἰσὶ παῖδες ἄρσενες [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 57, cf. NT.Gal.2.9, NT.1Tim.3.15.)]
2 σ. πυρός [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.13.21, NT.Rev.10.1.)]
3 wooden pole, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 203, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.22.4)]; [σκηνῆς] tent-poles, uprights, opposed to διατόναια, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 353.9 (3rd c.BC))]; plank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47.)]
4 stile for writing on waxed tablets; wrongly used in this sense by Greek speakers at Alexandria and in the East accusative to [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Anatomy texts Ad” xiv (Arabic version, ii p.183 ed. M. Simon, Leipzig 1906))]; compare στυλοειδής.