1 | Strong's Number: g4769 | Greek: stulos |
Pillar:
"a column supporting the weight of a building," is used
(a) metaphorically, of those who bear responsibility in the churches, as of the elders in the church at Jerusalem, Gal 2:9; of a local church as to its responsibility, in a collective capacity, to maintain the doctrines of the faith by teaching and practice, 1Ti 3:15; some would attach this and the next words to the statement in ver. 16; the connection in the Eng. versions seems preferable;
(b) figuratively in Rev 3:12, indicating a firm and permanent position in the spiritual, heavenly and eternal Temple of God;
(c) illustratively, of the feet of the angel in the vision in Rev 10:1, seen as flames rising like columns of fire indicative of holiness and consuming power, and thus reflecting the glory of Christ as depicted in Rev 1:15; cp. Eze 1:7.
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