ob'-e-lisk, ob'-el-isk: A sacred stone or matstsebhah. For matstsebhah the Revised Version (British and American) has used "pillar" in the text, with "obelisk" in the margin in many instances (Ex 23:24;Le 26:1;De 12:3;1Ki 14:23;Ho 3:4;10:1,2, etc.), but not consistently (e.g.Ge 28:18).
SeePILLAR.