Quick Definition
a pillar
Strong's Definition
properly akin to the base of G2476 (ἵστημι)); a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support
Derivation: from (to stiffen;
KJV Usage: pillar
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στῦλος (R G WH (Trin 1Ti_3:15; Rev_10:1)), more correctly στῦλος (so L T (Tr in Gal_2:9; Rev_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 ςΗξΜεΜγ, a pillar, column: στῦλοι πυρός, pillars of fire, i. e. flames rising like columns, Rev_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, Rev_3:12; used of persons to whose eminence and strength the stability and authority of any institution or organization are due, Gal_2:9 (where cf. Lightfoot); Clement of Rome, 1Co_5:1-13; 1Co_2:1-16 [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, 1Ti_3:15.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στῦλος stylos 4x
a pillar, column, Rev_10:1 ;
used of persons of authority, influence, etc., a support or pillar of the Church, Gal_2:9 ; Rev_3:12 ;
a support of true doctrine, 1Ti_3:15 * pillar.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στύλος ( T , στῦλος , as in cl .), -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5982 , also for H7175 , etc.;]
a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ . πυρός , Rev_10:1 ; σ . ἐν τ . ναῷ , fig ., Rev_3:12 , Metaph ., Gal_2:9 ; τ . ἀληθείας , 1Ti_3:15 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στύλος [page 594]
pillar : BGU VII. 1713 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) στυ̣λ̣ων μονολ̣ι̣θων̣, P Giss I. 69 .13 (A.D. 118 19) διὰ τὴν τοῦ πεντηκοντάποδος στύλου καταγωγὴν πλεῖστα κτήνη ἔχομεν , and BGU IV. 1028 .13 (ii/A.D.) πρὸς χρείαν τῶν τοὺς στύλ [ους ἐ ]ργαζ [ο ]μένων . See also the diminutives in P Iand 11 .8 (iii/A.D.) κόμισον δὲ ἓν στυλάριν and OGIS 332 .9 (B.C. 138 132) ἐπὶ στυλίδος μαρμαρίνης . A new adv. στυλοειδῶς , in the form of a pillar, is found in Epicurus Ep. II. 104 (ed. Bailey).
The metaph. usage of στύλος , as in Gal_2:9 , is common to classical, Jewish, and Christian writers : see Suicer Thes. s.v.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
στῦλος στῦλος, ὁ, "a pillar", as "a support or bearing", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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