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obelisk


A four-sided free-standing pillar, normally monolithic, tapering inward as it rises, terminating in a small pyramid. (Jer 43:13) refers to the obelisks of Heliopolis, the Egyptian sun god.

  • Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.