Strong’s G4769 · Greek

στῦλος
stŷlos

Definition

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

Etymology

from (to stiffen;

Where the KJV renders it

  • pillar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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