Dict: easton - Pillar

Pillar @ used to support a building kjv@Judges:16:26 kjv@Judges:16:29); as a trophy or memorial kjv@Genesis:28:18 kjv@Genesis:35:20; kjv@Exodus:24:4; kjv@1Samuel:15:12, A.V., "place," more correctly "monument," or "trophy of victory," as in kjv@2Samuel:18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested kjv@Exodus:13:2). The "plain of the pillar" in kjv@Judges:9:6 ought to be, as in the Revised Version, the "oak of the pillar", i.e., of the monument or stone set up by Joshua (24:26).