STRONGS G4769:
στῦλος (
R G WH (Trin
1 Timothy 3:15;
Revelation 10:1)), more correctly
στῦλος (so
L T (
Tr in
Galatians 2:9;
Revelation 3:12)); see
Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, at the end (cf.
Chandler §§ 274, 275;
Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 43),
στύλου,
ὁ (from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down), the
Sept. often for
עַמּוּד,
a pillar, column:
στῦλοι πυρός,
pillars of fire, i. e. flames rising like columns,
Revelation 10:1;
ποιήσω αὐτόν στῦλον ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, i. e. (dropping the figure) I will assign him a firm and abiding place in the everlasting kingdom of God,
Revelation 3:12; used of persons to whose eminence and strength the stability and authority of any institution or organization are due,
Galatians 2:9 (where cf.
Lightfoot);
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 2 [ET] and the note in Gebhardt and Harnack (
στῦλοι οἴκων εἰσί παῖδες ἄρσενες,
Euripides, Iph. T. 57; examples from (Jewish writings are given by Schoettgen (on Galatians, the passage cited) and from) ecclesiastical writings by Suicer, Thesaurus, ii, p. 1045f; columen reipublicae,
Cicero, pro Sest. 8, 19, and often elsewhere in Latin authors);
a prop or support:
τῆς ἀληθείας,
1 Timothy 3:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Galatians
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2:9; 2:9
- 1 Timothy
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3:15; 3:15
- Revelation
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3:12; 3:12; 10:1; 10:1