PILLAR

Sometimes means a monumental column, Ge 35:20 2Sa 18:18; or a column of cloud or smoke, Ex 13:21 Jud 20:40. The stately column which adorns and supports the front of a temple, Jud 16:25-30 Job 9:6 26:11, illustrates the position of prophets, Jer 1:18, apostles, Ga 2:9, believers, Re 3:12, and the church itself, respecting the truth, 1Ti 3:15.

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Pillar. Pillar
Used to support a building (Judg. 16:26, 29); as a trophy or memorial (Gen. 28:18; 35:20; Ex. 24:4; 1 Sam. 15:12, A.V., “place,” more correctly “monument,” or “trophy of victory,” as in 2 Sam. 18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested (Ex. 13:2). The “plain of the pillar” in Judg. 9:6 ought to be, as in the Revised Version, the “oak of the pillar”, i.e., of the monument or stone set up by Joshua (24:26).

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PILLAR. → Of Solomon's temple 1Ki 7:13-22; 2Ki 25:17 → Broken and carried to Babylon 2Ki 25:13; Jer 52:17,20,21 → Of Solomon's palaces 1Ki 7:6 → Used to mark roads Jer 31:21 → Pillar of salt, Lot's wife turned to Ge 19:26; Lu 17:32 → Monuments erected to commemorate events
* By Jacob, his vision of angels Ge 28:18; with 31:13; 35:14

→ By Jacob, his covenant with Laban Ge 31:45 → By Moses, the covenant between Jehovah and Israel Ex 24:4 → By Joshua, the crossing of the Jordan River Jos 4:1-9; with De 27:2-6; Jos 8:30 → By Joshua, at Shechem Jos 24:25-27; with Jud 9:6 → By Samuel, the defeat of the Philistines 1Sa 7:12 → By Absalom, to keep his name alive 2Sa 18:18 → As a boundary Jos 15:6; with 18:17 → As a road sign 1Sa 20:19 → As a landmark 2Sa 20:8; 1Ki 1:9 → Prophecy of one in Egypt Isa 19:19 → Monuments of idolatry, to be destroyed De 12:3 → See CLOUD, PILLAR OF → FIGURATIVE Re 3:12

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pillar. Pillar, n. a column, prop, support, defender

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Pil″lar (?), n. [[OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.]] 1. 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. Dryden. 2. 2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. “You are a well-deserving pillar.” Shak.
By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton. 3. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. Skelton.
4. 4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
From pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. — Pillar saint. See Stylite. — Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1.