Pillar
מָצוּקStrong’s H4690matsuq (ma-tsuq)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matsuq is the Hebrew word usually translated “pillars of” and “pillar”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.”
Meaning
- Molten support, pillar, column
How it's translated
- pillars of 1
- a pillar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 2
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מָצוּק matsuq · pillar
molten support, pillar, column
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pillar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIL'LAR, noun
[Latin pila, a pile, a pillar a mortar and pestle. The Latin pila denotes a heap, or things thrown, put or driven together.]
- A kind or irregular column round an insulate, but deviating from the proportions of a just column.
- A supporter; that which sustains or upholds; that on which some superstructure rests. Galatians 2:9
- A monument raised to commemorate any person or remarkable transaction.“And Jacob set a pillar on her grave” Genesis 35:20
- Something resembling a pillar; as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26“So a pillar of a cloud, a pillar of fire” Exodus 13:21
All definitions
- Foundation; support. Job 9:6
- In ships, a square or round timber fixed perpendicularly under the middle of the beams for supporting the decks.
- In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.