Strong's Greek Concordance

G4769: στῦλος

stŷlos · “pillar”

Definition

properly akin to the base of G2476 (ἵστημι)); a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support

KJV translates it as: pillar

Word origin: from (to stiffen;

Extended 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)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4769 is translated

  • pillars ×2
  • the pillar ×1
  • a pillar ×1

Bible verses with G4769 (stŷlos)

Stŷlos appears in 4 verses.

  • Galatians 2:9

    And 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 3:15

    But 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 3:12

    Him 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 10:1

    And 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: