The word in Scripture

Pillar in the Bible

The word pillar appears 47 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A pillar upholds and stands firm as a witness. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What pillar means in the Bible

A pillar upholds and stands firm as a witness.

Where the word pillar appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word pillar appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:”Genesis 31:51

“And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.”Genesis 35:20

“He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”Exodus 13:22

“And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,”Exodus 14:24

“And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.”Deuteronomy 31:15

“He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.”Psalms 99:7

“In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.”Isaiah 19:19

“And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.”Jeremiah 52:22