Strong's #4769: stulos (pronounced stoo'-los)

from stuo (to stiffen; properly akin to the base of 2476); a post ("style"), i.e. (figuratively) support:--pillar.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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stulos

1) a pillar

2) a column

2a) pillars of fire, i.e. flames rising like pillars

3) a prop or support

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from stuo (to stiffen, properly akin to the base of G2476)

Citing in TDNT: 7:732, 1096

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Galatians 2:9: "John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given"
1 Timothy 3:15: "the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."
Revelation 3:12: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my"
Revelation 10:1: "his feet as pillars of fire:"