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Lexicon :: Strong's G4769 - stylos

Aa
στῦλος
Transliteration
stylos (Key)
Pronunciation
stoo'-los
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From stuo (to stiffen, properly akin to the base of ἵστημι (G2476))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:732,1096

Strong’s Definitions

†στῦλος stŷlos, stoo'-los; from στύω stýō (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of G2476); a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support:—pillar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4769 in the following manner: pillar (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4769 in the following manner: pillar (4x).

  1. a pillar

  2. a column

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

  3. a prop or support

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†στῦλος stŷlos, stoo'-los; from στύω stýō (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of G2476); a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support:—pillar.
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Galatians
2:9; 2:9
1 Timothy
3:15; 3:15
Revelation
3:12; 3:12; 10:1; 10:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4769 matches the Greek στῦλος (stylos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and recognizing G1097 the grace G5485 that had been given G1325 to me, [fn]James G2385 and Cephas G2786 and John, G2491 who were reputed G1380 to be pillars, G4769 gave G1325 to me and Barnabas G921 the right G1188 [fn]hand G1188 of fellowship, G2842 so G2443 that we might go to the Gentiles G1484 and they to the circumcised. G4061

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:15 - but [fn]in case G1437 I am G1019 delayed, G1019 I write so G2443 that you will know G6063 how G4459 [fn]one ought G1163 to conduct G390 himself in the household G3624 of God, G2316 which G3748 is the church G1577 of the living G2198 God, G2316 the pillar G4769 and support G1477 of the truth. G225

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - ‘He who overcomes, G3528 I will make G4160 him a pillar G4769 in the temple G3485 of My God, G2316 and he will not go G1831 out from it anymore; G2089 and I will write G1125 on him the name G3686 of My God, G2316 and the name G3686 of the city G4172 of My God, G2316 the new G2537 Jerusalem, G2419 which comes G2597 down G2597 out of heaven G3772 from My God, G2316 and My new G2537 name. G3686

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 - I saw G3708 another G243 strong G2478 angel G32 coming G2597 down G2597 out of heaven, G3772 clothed G4016 with a cloud; G3507 and the rainbow G2463 was upon his head, G2776 and his face G4383 was like G5613 the sun, G2246 and his feet G4228 like G5613 pillars G4769 of fire; G4442
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