Strong G2310θεμέλιος

foundation

Transliteration
themelios
Pronunciation
them-el'-ee-os
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine or Neuter)

Definition

From a derivative of G5087; something put down that is a substruction (of a building etc.) (literally or figuratively): - foundation.

Detailed definition

θεμέλιος, -ον
(τίθημι), [in LXX for אַרְמוֹן, מוֹסָד, etc.;]
of or for a foundation; as subst., ὁ θ. (sc. λίθος), a foundation stone, foundation: Luk.6:48-49 14:29 (but see Deiss., BS, 123); pl., οἰ θ. (cl.), Heb.11:10 Rev.21:14, 19; neut., τὸ θ. (Arist., Phys., vi, 6, 10, LXX and later writers), Act.16:26; metaphorically, Rom.15:20, 1Co.3:10-12 Eph.2:20, 1Ti.6:19, 2Ti.2:19, Heb.6:1.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2310 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • foundation15
  • the1

First verses

  1. Luke 6:48
    He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
  2. Luke 6:49
    But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
  3. Luke 14:29
    Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
  4. Acts 16:26
    And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
  5. Romans 15:20
    Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
  6. 1 Corinthians 3:10
    According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
  7. 1 Corinthians 3:11
    For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:12
    Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  9. Ephesians 2:20
    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
  10. 1 Timothy 6:19
    Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
  11. 2 Timothy 2:19
    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  12. Hebrews 6:1
    Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
  13. Hebrews 11:10
    For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
  14. Revelation 21:14
    And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  15. Revelation 21:19
    And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θεμέλῐ-ος, ον,
of or for the foundation, λίθοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1137; οἰκόπεδα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.66: _absolutely_, θεμέλιος (i.e. λίθος))], ὁ, foundation-stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 237b13, “Metaphorical” 1013a5: _metaphorically_, τῆς τέχνης θ. 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.346a; θ. ἀγνοίας 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.266)]; οἱ θ. ἐκ παντοίων λίθων ὑπόκεινται the foundations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93; τοὺς θ. ἐκ τῶν λίθων οἰκοδομεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668a19: _metaphorically_, προλιπεῖντοὺς προγονικοὺς θ. “SIG” 888.70(Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD))]: also neuter θεμέλιον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 95b37 (assuming variant), “PPetr.” 3p.121 (3rd c.BC), +others: _plural_, τὰ θ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 200a4, “PCair.Zen.” 176.71 (3rd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.32.1: _metaphorically_, τὰ ὑποβληθέντα θ.)], of the foundations of the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.38U.: gender indeterminate, μὴ ὑποκειμένων.. θ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.2)]; ἐκ τῶν θ. from the foundations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68 (also _sing._, ἐνέπρησαν [οἰκίαν] ἐκ θεμελίου “BGU” 909.17 (4th c.AD)))]: metaphorically, ἐκθ. ἐσφαλμένοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.93.2, etc.; ἄρδην καὶ ἐκ θ. ἀπόλλυσθαι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.3.2)]; also ἀνεκτίσθη τὸ τεῖχος ἐκ θεμελείων (sic) [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 2.480(Kuban, 4th c.AD).)]
II θεμέλια, τά, buildingsites, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 174, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 82.24, +others)]
III substantive, the fourth τόπος,= ἀντιμεσουράνημα, Herm.Trism. in [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).101, compare 8(4).241.)]