Topic
Pillars
37 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 19:26Torrey Lot's wife became a pillar of salt
¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Genesis 28:18Torrey OF MEMORIAL — Sometimes of a single stone
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Genesis 31:13Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To witness vows
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- Genesis 31:51Torrey Things raised up as memorials
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
- Genesis 31:52Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To witness covenants
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Genesis 35:20Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To mark the graves of the dead
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
- Exodus 13:21Torrey The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Exodus 13:22Torrey The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
- Exodus 24:4Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To commemorate remarkable events
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 26:32Torrey The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
- Exodus 26:37Torrey The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exodus 36:36Torrey The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
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- Exodus 36:38 Torrey The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by
- Leviticus 26:1 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — In honour of idols
- Numbers 12:5 Torrey The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of
- Deuteronomy 7:5 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — In honour of idols
- Joshua 4:8 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — Sometimes of a heap of stones
- Joshua 4:9 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — Sometimes of a heap of stones
- Joshua 4:20 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — Sometimes of a heap of stones
- Joshua 4:24 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To commemorate remarkable events
- Judges 16:29 Torrey The supports of a building
- 1 Samuel 2:8 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Stability of the earth
- 2 Samuel 18:18 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — To perpetuate names
- 1 Kings 7:15 Torrey MADE OF — Brass
- 1 Kings 7:15–21 Torrey Two, placed in the temple porch
- 1 Kings 10:12 Torrey MADE OF — Wood
- Esther 1:6 Torrey MADE OF — Marble
- Job 19:24 Torrey OF MEMORIAL — Often had inscriptions
- Job 26:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Stability of the heavens
- Psalms 75:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Stability of the earth
- Song of Songs 3:10 Torrey MADE OF — Silver
- Song of Songs 5:15 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Stability of Christ
- Jeremiah 1:18 Torrey MADE OF — Iron
- Galatians 2:9 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Ministers
- 1 Timothy 3:15 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The church
- Revelation 3:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Saints who overcome in Christ
- Revelation 10:1 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Stability of Christ
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 42 references, grouped by sub-topic
- The supports of a building Jud 16:29
- Things raised up as memorials Ge 31:51
- MADE OF
- The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by Ex 26:32,37; 36:36,38
- Two, placed in the temple porch 1Ki 7:15-21
- OF MEMORIAL
- Sometimes of a single stone Ge 28:18
- Sometimes of a heap of stones Jos 4:8,9,20
- To witness vows Ge 28:18; 31:13
- To witness covenants Ge 31:52
- To mark the graves of the dead Ge 35:20
- To commemorate remarkable events Ex 24:4; Jos 4:20,24
- To perpetuate names 2Sa 18:18
- In honour of idols Le 26:1; De 7:5
- Often anointed Ge 28:18; 31:13
- Often had inscriptions Job 19:24
- The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of Ex 13:21,22; Nu 12:5
- Lot's wife became a pillar of salt Ge 19:26
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.