What does στῦλος (stŷlos) mean in the Bible?
στῦλος (stŷlos): A pillar as structural support; metaphorically, foundational persons or truths bearing weight in faith community.
Greek · G4769
στῦλος
Pillar
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στῦλος G4769
Pronunciation stŷlos
What does στῦλος (stŷlos) mean in the Bible?
στῦλος (stŷlos): A pillar as structural support; metaphorically, foundational persons or truths bearing weight in faith community.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4769?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pillars (2), [the] pillar (1), a pillar (1).
Where does στῦλος (stŷlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Galatians 2:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), 1 Timothy (1), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It pillars 2× Galatians 2:9, Revelation 10:1
[the] pillar 1× 1 Timothy 3:15
a pillar 1× Revelation 3:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Galatians 2:9
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Galatians 1 1 Timothy 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
στῦλοι 2x styloi Galatians 2:9, Revelation 10:1
στῦλον 1x stylon Revelation 3:12
στῦλος 1x stylos 1 Timothy 3:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Galatians 2:9, Revelation 10:1
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 3:12
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Timothy 3:15
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Greek word. A pillar as structural support; metaphorically, foundational persons or truths bearing weight in faith community.
Strong's G4769
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Source Gloss
pillar
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A pillar as structural support; metaphorically, foundational persons or truths bearing weight in faith community.
a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ. πυρός, Rev.10:1; σ. ἐν τ. ναῷ, figuratively, Rev.3:12, Metaphorical, Gal.2:9; τ. ἀληθείας, 1Ti.3:15.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Galatians 2:9 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
στύλοι stuloi
a pillar
Read verse 1 Timothy 3:15 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
στύλος stulov
a pillar
Read verse Revelation 3:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
στύλον stulon
a pillar
Read verse Revelation 10:1 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
στύλοι stuloi
a pillar
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Gal 2:9 · Rev 10:1 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 3:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 3:12 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
A supporting column holding up a structure.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
στῦλος is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The church supports and visibly upholds the truth of the gospel. 1 Timothy 3:14-16
Canonical Themes
Revelation
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain