ΣΤΥΛΟΣ, στυλος
STYLOS, stylos
Sounds Like: STOO-loss
Translations: pillar, a pillar, post, a post, column, a column
From the root: ΣΤΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pillar, post, or column, typically a structural support in a building or a monument. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something that provides support or stability, like a foundational principle or a leading person in a community. It is used in sentences to denote a physical upright support.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4769 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Timothy — 3:15
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 131:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 13:22, 14:19, 33:9
- Deuteronomy — 31:15
- Judges — 20:40
- 1 Kings — 7:3
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:58
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Timothy — 3:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΥΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΤΥΛΟΙ — pillars, columns, posts
- ΣΤΥΛΟΙΣ — to pillars, to posts, to columns, to poles
- ΣΤΥΛΟΝ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column, post, a post
- ΣΤΥΛΟΥ — of a pillar, of a column, of a support
- ΣΤΥΛΟΥΣ — pillars, posts, columns
- ΣΤΥΛΩ — (to) pillars, (to) posts, (to) columns
- ΣΤΥΛΩΝ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column, post, a post
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