Reference: Pillar
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Sometimes means a monumental column, Ge 35:20; 2Sa 18:18; or a column of cloud or smoke, Ex 13:21; Jg 20:40. The stately column which adorns and supports the front of a temple, Jg 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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Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today.
Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.
They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us! Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them. read more. The building was crowded with men and women. All five Philistine kings were there. There were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them. Samson prayed: Sovereign Lord Jehovah please remember me. Please, God, give me my strength just this one time. With this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes. Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them. Samson shouted: Let me die with the Philistines! He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.
The signal appeared. A cloud of smoke rose above the town. The Benjaminites looked behind them to see the whole city going up in flames.
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.
When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.
though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.
Easton
used to support a building (Jg 16:26,29); as a trophy or memorial (Ge 28:18; 35:20; Ex 24:4; 1Sa 15:12, A.V., "place," more correctly "monument," or "trophy of victory," as in 2Sa 18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested (Ex 13:2). The "plain of the pillar" in JG 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 (Jos 24:26).
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.
Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today.
Consecrate (appoint) (sanctify) all the first-born males to me. Every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me!
Moses wrote down all Jehovah's words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Joshua wrote these commands in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak tree in Jehovah's sanctuary.
Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them.
Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them.
During his lifetime Absalom built a monument for himself in King's Valley. He had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself. To this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
Hastings
1. With two or three unimportant exceptions, 'pillar' in OT is the rendering of two very distinct Heb. terms, 'amm
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.
This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.
This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.
I am the God of Bethel. That is where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Arise and leave this land. Return to the land of your birth.'
Now, let us make an agreement (covenant) and let it stand as a witness between you and me.
So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.
So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.
Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today.
Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.
Do not worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. You must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones.
Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Instead tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim.
Deal with them in this way: Destroy their altars and break down their sacred pillars. Cut down their idols and burn them with fire.
Tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles with fire. Cut down the carved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
Tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles with fire. Cut down the carved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
You will answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah. When it passed over Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be for a memorial to the children of Israel for as long as they live.
He told the people: This stone will serve as our witness. It has heard all the words that Jehovah spoke to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God.
They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!
The signal appeared. A cloud of smoke rose above the town. The Benjaminites looked behind them to see the whole city going up in flames.
Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He said: Jehovah helped us all the way. He named it: Stone of Help.
During his lifetime Absalom built a monument for himself in King's Valley. He had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself. To this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
The Hall of the Forest of Lebanon was one hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
They built places of worship for false gods. They put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.
They erected pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree.
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
For the children of Israel will live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim.
The people of Israel were like a grapevine that used to produce grapes. The more prosperous they were, the more altars they built. The more productive their land was, the more beautiful they made the sacred stone pillars they worship.
When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.
All that are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.
I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven. He was clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was upon his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Morish
There are several Hebrew words translated 'pillar': the principal are
1. matstsebah, from 'to set, put, place;' and hence anything that is set up. It is used for the stone that Jacob had had for a pillow, which he set up, and on which he poured oil and made his vow. Also for the heap of stones he raised when Laban and he parted. Ge 28:18,22; 31:13,45-52; 35:14,20; Ex 24:4; Isa 19:19. From De 12:3 it would appear that pillars of some sort were also connected with idolatry. These may resemble the cairns often found in what were idolatrous lands. Absalom raised up for himself a pillar to keep his name in remembrance because he had no son. 2Sa 18:18.
2. The word ammud occurs many times for the pillars of the tabernacle and the temple. It is also used for the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire; also symbolically for the pillars of the heavens and the pillars of the earth. Ex 13:21; 27:10-17; 1Ki 7:2-42; Job 9:6; 26:11; Ps 75:3; Eze 40:49; 42:6.
In the N.T. the word is ??????, 'a pillar or column.' James, Cephas and John seemed to be 'pillars' in the church at Jerusalem
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.
This stone I placed as a marker will be the house of God. I will certainly give you a tenth of everything you give me.
I am the God of Bethel. That is where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Arise and leave this land. Return to the land of your birth.'
Jacob took a stone and set it up as a marker. Jacob said to his relatives: Gather some stones. They took stones, put them into a pile, and ate there by the pile of stones. read more. In his language, Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha (Witness Pile), but Jacob called it Galeed. Laban said: This pile of stones stands as a witness between you and me today. This is why it was named Galeed, and also Mizpah (Watchtower), because he said: May Jehovah watch between you and me when we are unable to see each other. If you mistreat my daughters or marry other women behind my back, remember that God stands as a witness between you and me. Laban also said to Jacob: Here is the pile of stones. Here is the marker that I have set up between you and me. This pile of stones and this marker stand as witnesses that I will not go past the pile of stones to harm you, and that you will not go past the pile of stones or marker to harm me.
So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.
Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel's grave today.
Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.
Moses wrote down all Jehovah's words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Hang on them twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. The north side should be the same one hundred fifty feet long, with curtains on twenty posts set in twenty copper bases. The hooks and bands on the posts should be made of silver. read more. The courtyard on the west side should be seventy-five wide and have curtains hung on ten posts set in ten bases. On the east end, facing the rising sun, the courtyard should also be seventy-five feet wide. One side of the entrance will be twenty-two and one half feet wide with curtains hung on three posts set in three bases. The other side will be the same. Use four more of these posts for the entrance. Hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen ten yards long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool. The curtains that surround the courtyard must be two and a half yards high and should be hung from the bronze posts with silver hooks and rods.
Tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles with fire. Cut down the carved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
During his lifetime Absalom built a monument for himself in King's Valley. He had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself. To this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
The earth and all who dwell in it dissolve (melt) (become faint hearted). I have firmly set its pillars.
When that time comes, there will be an altar to Jehovah in the middle of the land of Egypt and a stone pillar dedicated to him at the Egyptian border.
The entrance hall was thirty-five feet long and twenty-one feet wide. Steps led up to it. Pillars stood by the recessed walls, one on each side of the entrance hall.
The rooms were in three stories. They did not have pillars like the pillars in the courtyards. That is why the rooms on the third story were set farther back than those on the first and second stories.
When they saw the grace that was given to me, James, Cephas (Peter) and John, they who were known to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship. We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people who are circumcised.
though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will not go out from it anymore. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is the New Jerusalem. This city comes down out of heaven from my God. I will write my new name on him.
I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven. He was clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was upon his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Smith
Pillar.
The notion of a pillar is of a shaft or isolated pile either supporting or not supporting a roof. But perhaps the earliest application of the pillar was the votive or monumental, This in early times consisted of nothing but a single stone or pile of stones.
etc. The stone Ezel,
was probably a terminal stone or a way-mark. The "place" set up by Saul
is explained by St, Jerome to be a trophy. So also Jacob set up a pillar over Rachel's grave.
The monolithic tombs and obelisks of Petra are instances of similar usage. Lastly, the figurative use of the term "pillar," in reference to the cloud and fire accompanying the Israelites on their march or as in
and Reve 10:1 is plainly derived from the notion of an isolated column not supporting a roof.
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had under his head. He set it up as a marker and poured oil on top of it.
Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.
These were the sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Early the following morning he went off to find Saul. He heard that Saul had gone to the town of Carmel. There in Carmel he built a monument to himself. Then he went to Gilgal.
The day after tomorrow you will be missed even more. So go to the place where you hid on that other occasion. Stay by the rock.
Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Watsons
PILLAR properly means a column raised to support a building; but in Scripture the term mostly occurs in a metaphorical or figurative sense. Thus we have a pillar of cloud, a pillar of fire, a pillar of smoke, &c; signifying a cloud, a fire, a smoke raised up toward heaven in the form or shape of a pillar, Ex 13:21; Jg 20:40. Job speaks of the pillars of heaven and the pillars of the earth, Job 9:6; 26:11; which are strong metaphorical expressions, that suppose the heavens and the earth to be an edifice raised by the hand of the almighty Creator, and founded upon its basis. St. Paul speaks of the Christian church under the similitude of a pillar or column on which the truth, or doctrine of the glorious Gospel is inscribed, 1Ti 3:15.
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Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.
The signal appeared. A cloud of smoke rose above the town. The Benjaminites looked behind them to see the whole city going up in flames.
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the household of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.