Strong's Lexicon
G4769 — στύλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4769 |
|---|---|
| Word: | στύλος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from stuo "to stiffen" (properly akin to the base of G2476) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | stulos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | stoo'-los |
| Meaning: | 1. a post ("style") 2. (figuratively) support |
| KJV Renderings: | pillar |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στῦλος (R G WH (Trin 1Ti 3:15; Rev 10:1)), more correctly στῦλος (so L T (Tr in Gal 2:9; Rev 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 òÇîÌåÌã, a pillar, column: στῦλοι πυρός, pillars of fire, i. e. flames rising like columns, Rev 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, Rev 3:12; used of persons to whose eminence and strength the stability and authority of any institution or organization are due, Gal 2:9 (where cf. Lightfoot); Clement of Rome, 1Co 5:1-13; 1Co 2:1-16 [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, 1Ti 3:15.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
στῦλος (pillar)
Galatians 2:9
- KJV: And James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived the grace that was given unto me they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship that we unto the heathen and they unto the circumcision
- GK: και γνόντες την χάριν την δοθείσάν μοι Ιάκωβος και Κήφας και Ιωάννης οι δοκούντες στύλοι είναι δεξιάς έδωκαν εμοί και Βαρνάβα κοινωνίας ίνα ημείς εις τα έθνη αυτοί δε εις την περιτομήν
1 Timothy 3:15
- KJV: But if I tarry long that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God which is the church of the living God the pillar and ground of the truth
- GK: εαν δε βραδύνω ίνα ειδής πως δει εν οίκω θεού αναστρέφεσθαι ήτις εστίν εκκλησία θεού ζώντος στύλος και εδραίωμα της αληθείας
Revelation 3:12
- KJV: 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 new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God and my new name
- GK: ο νικών ποιήσω αυτόν στύλον εν τω ναώ του θεού μου και έξω ου εξέλθη έτι και γράψω επ΄ αυτόν το όνομα του θεού μου και το όνομα της πόλεως του θεού μου της καινής Ιερουσαλήμ η καταβαίνει εκ του ουρανού από του θεού μου και το όνομά μου το καινόν
Revelation 10:1
- KJV: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed with a cloud and a rainbow upon his head and his face as it were the sun and his feet as pillars of fire
- GK: και είδον άγγελον ισχυρόν καταβαίνοντα εκ του ουρανού περιβεβλημένον νεφέλην και η ίρις επί της κεφαλής αυτου και το πρόσωπον αυτού ως ο ήλιος και οι πόδες αυτού ως στύλοι πυρός