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Lexicon :: Strong's G2310 - themelios

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θεμέλιος
Transliteration
themelios (Key)
Pronunciation
them-el'-ee-os
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Part of Speech
noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of τίθημι (G5087)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:63,322

Strong’s Definitions

†θεμέλιος themélios, them-el'-ee-os; from a derivative of G5087; something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively):—foundation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2310 in the following manner: foundation (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2310 in the following manner: foundation (16x).

  1. laid down as a foundation, the foundation (of a building, wall, city)

  2. metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first principles

    1. of institution or system of truth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†θεμέλιος themélios, them-el'-ee-os; from a derivative of G5087; something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively):—foundation.
STRONGS G2310:
θεμέλιος, θεμέλιον (θέμα (i. e. thing laid down)), laid down as a foundation, belonging to a foundation (Diodorus 5, 66; θεμέλιοι λίθοι, Aristophanes av. 1137); generally as a substantive, ὁ θεμέλιος (namely, λίθος) (1 Corinthians 3:11; 2 Timothy 2:19; Revelation 21:19), and τό θεμέλιον (rarely so in Greek writings, as (Aristotle, phys. auscult. 2, 9, p. 200a, 4); Pausanias, 8, 32, 1; (others)), the foundation (of a building, wall, city): properly, Luke 6:49; τιθέναι θεμέλιον, Luke 6:48; Luke 14:29; plural οἱ θεμέλιοι (chiefly so in Greek writings), Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 21:14, 19; neuter τό θεμέλια, Acts 16:26 (and often in the Sept.); metaphorically, the foundations, beginnings, first principles, of an institution or system of truth: 1 Corinthians 3:10, 12; the rudiments, first principles, of Christian life and knowledge, Hebrews 6:1 (μετανοίας genitive of apposition (Winer's Grammar, 531 (494))); a course of instruction begun by a teacher, Romans 15:20; Christ is called the θεμέλιος, i. e. faith in him, which is like a foundation laid in the soul on which is built up the fuller and richer knowledge of saving truth, 1 Corinthians 3:11; τῶν ἀποστόλων (genitive of apposition, on account of what follows: ὄντος... Χριστοῦ (others say genitive of origin, see ἐποικοδομέω; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1; Meyer or Ellicott at the passage)), of the apostles as preachers of salvation, upon which foundation the Christian church has been built, Ephesians 2:20; a solid and stable spiritual possession, on which resting as on a foundation they may strive to lay hold on eternal life, 1 Timothy 6:19; the church is apparently called θεμέλιος as the foundation of the 'city of God,' 2 Timothy 2:19, cf. 2 Timothy 2:20 and 1 Timothy 3:15. (the Sept. several times also for אַרְמון, a palace, Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 6:5; Amos 1:4, etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
25:2
Jeremiah
6:5
Amos
1:4
Luke
6:48; 6:49; 14:29
Acts
16:26
Romans
15:20
1 Corinthians
3:10; 3:11; 3:11; 3:12
Ephesians
2:20
1 Timothy
3:15; 6:19
2 Timothy
2:19; 2:19; 2:20
Hebrews
6:1; 11:10
Revelation
21:14; 21:19; 21:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2310 matches the Greek θεμέλιος (themelios),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:29 - in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:10 - According to the grace of God which has been given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each see how he builds upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:11 - For other foundation can no man lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - Now if any one build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:20 - being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:19 - laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:19 - Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:1 - Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of the Christ, let us go on to what belongs to full growth, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - for he waited for the city which has foundations, of which God is the artificer and constructor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:14 - And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:19 - the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
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