Dictionary entry

στύλος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

στύλος (T, στῦλος, as in cl.), -ου, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for עַמּוּד, also for קֶרֶשׁ, etc.;]

a pillar, regarded especially as a support: σ. πυρός, Re 10:1; σ. ἐν τ. ναῷ, fig., Re 3:12, Metaph., Ga 2:9; τ. ἀληθείας, I Ti 3:15.†