International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Obelisk

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Obelisk


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ob´ḗ-lisk, ob´el-isk: A sacred stone or maccēbhāh. For maccēbhāh the Revised Version (British and American) has used “pillar” in the text, with “obelisk” in the margin in many instances (; ; ; ; ; , , etc.), but not consistently (e.g. ). See PILLAR.