Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order. 2. (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column. 3. (n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. 4. (n.) A small army. 5. (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from line, where they are side by side. 6. (n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper. 7. (n.) A perpendicular line of figures. 8. (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

Multi-Version Concordance Column (5 Occurrences) Judges 20:40 But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven. (DBY NAS RSV NIV) 2 Kings 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; and he took away the column of Baal that his father had made. (DBY) 2 Kings 10:27 and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day. (DBY) Song of Songs 3:6 Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader? (See NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)