Word Study · Strong's G4769 · Greek
στῦλος
stylos
stoo'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: stŷlos
“a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support
Rendered in the KJV as
pillar.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- στῦλοι2
- στῦλον1
- στῦλος1
How it is rendered · 3
- pillars2
- [the] pillar1
- a pillar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NPM · 2
- N-ASM · 1
- N-NSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 3:12στῦλονstulonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularThe 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.here: a pillar
- Revelation 10:1στῦλοιstuloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThen 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.here: pillars