Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Pillar
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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.
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12 occurrences in 9 verses.
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עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd · am-mood'
29 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
Strong's KJV usage: × apiece, pillar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 13:21Strong's last: Jeremiah 52:22
Open full H5982 profile →מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · mats-tsay-baw'
10 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
Strong's KJV usage: garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 28:18Strong's last: Isaiah 19:19
Open full H4676 profile →מַצֶּבֶת
matstsebeth · mats-tseh'-beth
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of a tree
Strong's KJV usage: pillar, substance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 35:14Strong's last: 2 Samuel 18:18
Open full H4678 profile →στῦλος
stŷlos · stoo'-los
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support
Strong's KJV usage: :--pillar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:15Strong's last: Revelation 3:12
Open full G4769 profile →נָצַב
nâtsab · naw-tsab'
1 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, × Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 9:6Strong's last: Judges 9:6
Open full H5324 profile →נְצִיב
nᵉtsîyb · nets-eeb'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
something stationary, i.e. a prefect, a military post, a statue
Strong's KJV usage: garrison, officer, pillar.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 19:26Strong's last: Genesis 19:26
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H5333
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
H4676
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
H4676
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
H4676
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
H4676
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
H4676
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
H4676
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
H4676
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
H4676
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
H4678
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
H4676
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
H4678
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
H5982
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
H5982
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
H5982
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
H5982
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
H5982
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
H5982
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
H5982
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
H5982
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
H5982
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
H5982
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
H5982
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
H5982
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
H5982
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
English meaning and historical usage.
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pillar
PIL'LAR, noun [Latin pila, a pile, a pillar a mortar and pestle. The Latin pila denotes a heap, or things thrown, put or driven together.]
Literally, a pile or heap; hence,
1. A kind or irregular column round an insulate, but deviating from the proportions of a just column. Pillars are either too massive or too slender for regular architecture; they are not restricted to any rules, and their parts and proportions are arbitrary. A square pillar is a massive work, called also a pier or piedroit, serving to support arches. etc.
2. A supporter; that which sustains or upholds; that on which some superstructure rests. Galatians 2:9.
3. A monument raised to commemorate any person or remarkable transaction.
And Jacob set a pillar on her grave. Genesis 35:14. 2 Samuel 18:18.
4. Something resembling a pillar; as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26.
So a pillar of a cloud, a pillar of fire. Exodus 13:21.
5. Foundation; support. Job 9:6.
6. In ships, a square or round timber fixed perpendicularly under the middle of the beams for supporting the decks.
7. In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns. There are also pillars on the circumference or side, placed at certain distances by two and two.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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