Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape. 2. (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilinear figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base. 3. (n.) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PYRAMID pir'-a-mid puramis: Pyramids are mentioned in connection with the splendid monument reared by Simon Maccabeus in memory of his parents and brethren at Modin (1 Maccabees 13:28; compare Ant, XIII vi, 6). Josephus describes them as "very surprising, both for their largeness and beauty." There is nothing to show how the pyramid allotted to each was distinguished, whether by difference in size or by inscriptions. It is remarkable that in Scripture there is no allusion to the giant structures in Egypt; but these may have supplied the suggestion to Simon's mind. W. Ewing