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Greek

4769. stulos -- a pillar
... a pillar. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: stulos Phonetic Spelling:
(stoo'-los) Short Definition: a pillar Definition: a pillar, support, column ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5982. ammud -- a pillar, column
ammud or ammud. 5981, 5982. ammud or ammud. 5983 . a pillar, column.
Transliteration: ammud or ammud Phonetic Spelling: (am-mood') Short Definition: ...
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8490. timarah -- (palm-like) column
... 8489, 8490. timarah. 8491 . (palm-like) column. Transliteration: timarah
Phonetic Spelling: (tee-maw-raw') Short Definition: columns. ...
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547. omnah -- pillar
... of aman, qv. pillar Feminine active participle of 'omen (in the original sense of
supporting); a column -- pillar. see HEBREW 'omen. 546, 547. omnah. 548 . ...
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4676. matstsebah -- a pillar, stump
... Feminine (causatively) participle of natsab; something stationed, ie A column or
(memorial stone); by analogy, an idol -- garrison, (standing) image, pillar. ...
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7638. sabak -- net
... net From an unused root meaning to intwine; a netting (ornament to the capital of
a column) -- net. 7637, 7638. sabak. 7639 . Strong's Numbers.
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3730. kaphtor -- capital, knob, bulb
... 1) kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}; probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet;
but used only in an architectonic sense, ie The capital of a column, or a ...
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2106. zavith -- a corner
... Apparently from the same root as Ziv (in the sense of prominence); an angle (as
projecting), ie (by implication) a corner-column (or anta) -- corner(stone). ...
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134. eden -- a base, pedestal
... foundation, socket. From the same as 'adown (in the sense of strength); a basis
(of a building, a column, etc.) -- foundation, socket. see HEBREW 'adown. ...
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3805. kothereth -- capital (of a pillar)
... chapiter. Feminine active participle of kathar; the capital of a column -- chapiter.
see HEBREW kathar. 3804, 3805. kothereth. 3806 . Strong's Numbers.
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6858. tsepheth -- probably plated capital (of a pillar)
... chapiter. From an unused root meaning to encircle; a capital of a column --
chapiter. 6857, 6858. tsepheth. 6859 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Broken Column
... The Broken Column. A Sermon (No.403). Delivered ... climax. I shall take that picture
of the broken column to represent my text. It is a broken text. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the broken column.htm

List of Abbreviations Used in Reference to Rabbinic Writings ...
... Ber. ii.4), or, in these volumes mostly, by page and column. ... Par.4, the corresponding
quotation by page and column would in that instance be, Jer. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/list of abbreviations used in.htm

The Man About whom the Apostle is Here Treating, do Far as He Is ...
... analogy of the subject itself that is under the law and the dominion of sin"as he
is under the law, the particulars enumerated in the first column belong to ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/the man about whom the.htm

How the Iberians Received the Faith of Christ.
... It is related, that when the first and second columns had been righted by these
means, great difficulty was found in fixing the third column, neither art nor ...
/.../chapter vii how the iberians received.htm

Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon Talmud
... But the sages say: Till midnight. Rabban Gamaliel says: Until the column of the
morning (the dawn) rises. It happened, that his sons came back from a banquet. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/appendix 2 extracts from the.htm

Appendix (C).
... It should perhaps be explained that the extracts in the right-hand column have been
dislocated in order to shew their close resemblance to what is set down in ...
/.../burgon/the last twelve verses of the gospel according to s mark/appendix c.htm

No Man Can Serve Two Masters; and that Because it is Necessary ...
... [779] Why lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother,
but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section x no man can.htm

Whether Names which Imply Relation to Creatures are Predicated of ...
... Likewise for instance, "on the right" is not applied to a column, unless it stands
as regards an animal on the right side; which relation is not really in the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether names which imply relation.htm

You See by this what his Opinions are About Origen and Also About ...
... he attacks a man who is worthy of all admiration, Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, who
was not to that church alone but to all the churches like a column or an ...
/.../23 you see by this.htm

Accidents, not Punishments
... Not only have there been catastrophes so alarming that the blood chills at their
remembrance, but column after column of the paper has been devoted to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/accidents not punishments.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

2. (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.

3. (n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.

4. (n.) A small army.

5. (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from line, where they are side by side.

6. (n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

7. (n.) A perpendicular line of figures.

8. (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Thesaurus

Column (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright
body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of ...
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Palm-column (1 Occurrence)
Palm-column. Palm-branches, Palm-column. Palmerworm . Multi-Version
Concordance Palm-column (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah ...
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Pillar (72 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) 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 ...
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Shaft (13 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base
(see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. ...
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Order (809 Occurrences)
... 14. (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature
resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and ...
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Overrun (4 Occurrences)
... after, or next before. 7. (vt) To extend the contents of (a line, column,
or page) into the next line, column, or page. 8. (vi) To run ...
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Line (131 Occurrences)
... vision. 11. (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp.,
a row of words extending across a page or column. 12. ...
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Footing (3 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Tread; step; especially, measured tread. 6. (n.) The act of adding up
a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. ...
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Foot (193 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or
column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. ...
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Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)
... to Mahalalel inclusive, together with Enoch and Noah is the same in the three texts,
except that the Septuagint has 100 years more in the first column in each ...
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Bible Concordance

Column (5 Occurrences)

Judges 20:40 But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.
(DBY)

2 Kings 10:27 and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
(DBY)

Song of Songs 3:6 Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Column

Related Terms

Palm-column (1 Occurrence)

Pillar (72 Occurrences)

Shaft (13 Occurrences)

Order (809 Occurrences)

Overrun (4 Occurrences)

Line (131 Occurrences)

Footing (3 Occurrences)

Foot (193 Occurrences)

Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)