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GreekG4769Noun (Masculine)

στῦλος

stulos

4Occurrences
G4769Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from (to stiffen;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ. πυρός; σ. ἐν ναῷ, figuratively, Metaphorical; ἀληθείας.
LXX: chiefly for עַמּוּד, also for קֶרֶשׁ, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

στῦλος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
2
1 Timothy
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 3:15BSB

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Galatians 2:9BSB

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Revelation 10:1BSB

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 3:12BSB

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

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