Pillar

Sometimes means a monumental column, Ge 35:202Sa 18:18; or a column of cloud or smoke, Ex 13:21Jud 20:40. The stately column which adorns and supports the front of a temple, Jud 16:25-30Job 9:6 26:11, illustrates the position of prophets, Jer 1:18, apostles, Ga 2:9, believers, Re 3:12, and the church itself, respecting the truth, 1Ti 3:15.