Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Pillars
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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:
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עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd · am-mood'
80 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.
Strong's first: Exodus 26:32Strong's last: Ezekiel 42:6
Open full H5982 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: Galatians 2:9Strong's last: Revelation 10:1
Open full G4769 profile →מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · mats-tsay-baw'
2 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: Exodus 24:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 12:3
Open full H4676 profile →תִּימָרָה
tîymârâh · tee-maw-raw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a column, i.e. cloud
Strong's KJV usage: pillar.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 3:6Strong's last: Joel 2:30
Open full H8490 profile →אֹמְנָה
ʼômᵉnâh · om-me-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a column
Strong's KJV usage: pillar.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:16Strong's last: 2 Kings 18:16
Open full H547 profile →מִסְעָד
miçʻâd · mis-awd'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a balustrade (for stairs)
Strong's KJV usage: pillar.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 10:12Strong's last: 1 Kings 10:12
Open full H4552 profile →מָצוּק
mâtsûwq · maw-tsook'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop
Strong's KJV usage: pillar, situate.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:8Strong's last: 1 Samuel 2:8
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H5982
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
H5982
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
H5982
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
H5982
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
H5982
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
H5982
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
H5982
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
H5982
The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
H5982
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
H4552
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
H547
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
H5982
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
H5982
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
H5982
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
H5982
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
H5982
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
H5982
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
H5982
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
H5982
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
H5982
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
H5982
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
H5982
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
H5982
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
H5982
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
H5982
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
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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