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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Pillar
Thompson Chain Reference
• Pillars, Memorial
• Pillar of Cloud
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Pillar
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Pillars
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Pillar
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Pillar
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Pillars
• Cloud, Pillar of
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Pillar of Cloud and Fire
• Pillar
• Cloud, Pillar of
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Pillar, Plain of the
• Pillar
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Pillar
King James Dictionary
• Pillar
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Pillar
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Pillar, Holy
• Pillar of Fire
• Pillar of Cloud
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Pillar
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Pillar Plain of The
• Pillar
• Cloud Pillar of
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Pillar
• Pillar
Wilson's Bible Types
• Pillar
• Fire (Pillars)
Webster Dictionary
• Pillared
• Pillar-Block
• Pillar
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Pillar
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Earth Pillar
• Pillar
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Cloud, Pillar of
• Earth, Pillars of the
• Pillar
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Fire, Pillar of
• Pillar
• Pillar of Cloud
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Hercules, the Pillars of
• Pillar-Saints
• Pillars of Hercules
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Stylites (Pillar Saints)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Cloud, Pillar of
• Fire, Pillar of
• Pillar
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Lexicons
• ܣܳܡܟ݁ܳܐ
• ܥܰܡܽܘܕ݂ܳܐ
• στῦλος
• אֹהֶל
• אַיִל אַיִל, אַיִל, אַיִל, אֵל, אֵל, , אֵל
• אֹמְנָה
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(1):

(a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

(2):

(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 supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.

(3):

(n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.

(4):

(n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

(5):

(n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.