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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - στῦλος

στῦλος

G4769

Transliteration: stŷlos

Pronunciation: stoo'-los

Definition: pillar


- Original: στύλος

- Transliteration: Stulos

- Phonetic: stoo'-los

- Definition:

1. a pillar

2. a column

a. pillars of fire i.e. flames rising like pillars

3. a prop or support

- Origin: from stuo (to stiffen, properly akin to the base of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476)

- TDNT entry: 19:12,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From στύω stuō (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476); a post (style) that is (figuratively) support: - pillar.


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