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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Stylites (Pillar Saints)
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܣܳܡܟ݁ܳܐ
• ܥܰܡܽܘܕ݂ܳܐ
• στῦλος
• אֹהֶל
• אַיִל אַיִל, אַיִל, אַיִל, אֵל, אֵל, , אֵל
• אֹמְנָה
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properly means a column raised to support a building; but in Scripture the term mostly occurs in a metaphorical or figurative sense. Thus we have a pillar of cloud, a pillar of fire, a pillar of smoke, &c; signifying a cloud, a fire, a smoke raised up toward heaven in the form or shape of a pillar, Exodus 13:21; Judges 20:40 . Job speaks of the pillars of heaven and the pillars of the earth, Job 9:6; Job 26:11; which are strong metaphorical expressions, that suppose the heavens and the earth to be an edifice raised by the hand of the almighty Creator, and founded upon its basis. St. Paul speaks of the Christian church under the similitude of a pillar or column on which the truth, or doctrine of the glorious Gospel is inscribed, 1 Timothy 3:15 .