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Lexicon :: Strong's G2311 - themelioō

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θεμελιόω
Transliteration
themelioō (Key)
Pronunciation
them-el-ee-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:63,322

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

θεμελιόω themelióō, them-el-ee-o'-o; from G2310; to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate:—(lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2311 in the following manner: found (2x), ground (2x), lay the foundation (1x), settle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2311 in the following manner: found (2x), ground (2x), lay the foundation (1x), settle (1x).

  1. to lay the foundation, to found

  2. to make stable, establish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θεμελιόω themelióō, them-el-ee-o'-o; from G2310; to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate:—(lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle.
STRONGS G2311:
θεμελιόω: future θεμελιώσω; 1 aorist ἐθεμελίωσα; passive, perfect participle τεθεμελιωμένος; pluperfect 3 person singular τεθεμελίωτο (Matthew 7:25; Luke 6:48 R G; without augment cf. Winers Grammar § 12, 9; [Buttmann, 33 (29); Tdf. Proleg., p. 121]); Sept. for יָסַד; [from Xenophon down]; to lay the foundation, to found: properly, τὴν γῆν, Hebrews 1:10 (Psalm 101:26 (Ps. 102:26) Proverbs 3:19; Isaiah 48:13, others); τὶ ἐπί τι, Matthew 7:25; Luke 6:48. metaphorically, (Diodorus 11, 68; 15, 1) to make stable, establish, [A. V. ground]: of the soul, [1 aorist optative 3 person singular] 1 Peter 5:10 [Rec.; but T, Tr marginal reading in brackets, the future]; passive, Ephesians 3:17 (Ephesians 3:18); Colossians 1:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
102:26
Proverbs
3:19
Isaiah
48:13
Matthew
7:25; 7:25
Luke
6:48; 6:48
Ephesians
3:17; 3:18
Colossians
1:23
Hebrews
1:10
1 Peter
5:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2311 matches the Greek θεμελιόω (themelioō),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bæthel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest [fn]surviving son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month [fn]of the reign of king Solomon over Israel,[fn] (LXX 6:1a) that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. (6:1b) And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation. (6:1c) In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. (6:1d) In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - (LXX 7:47) founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - And in his days Achiel the Bæthelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his first-born, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7 - In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord: but the foundation of the house of the Lord was not laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - And they laid a foundation for building the house of the Lord: and the priests in their robes stood with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the order of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they answered each other with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, saying, For it is good, for his mercy to Israel endures for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and the Levites, and the elder men, heads of families, who had seen the former house on its foundation, and who saw this house with their eyes, wept with a loud voice: but the multitude shouted with joy to raise a song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - For in the first day of the first month he began the going up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month they came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - (LXX 8:4) For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - (LXX 23:2) He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 - (LXX 47:9) As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - (LXX 77:69) And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1 - (LXX 86:1) A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - (LXX 86:5) A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - (LXX 88:12) The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fulness of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 - (LXX 101:26) In the [fn]beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - (LXX 103:5) Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - (LXX 103:8) They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which thou hast founded for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - (LXX 118:90) Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - (LXX 118:152) I have known of old [fn]concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - He established me [fn]before time was in the beginning, before he made the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is as strong as a well-founded palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 - My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - And thou hast forgotten God who made thee, who made the sky and founded the earth; and thou wert continually afraid because of the wrath of him that afflicted thee: for whereas he counselled to take thee away, yet now where is the wrath of him that afflicted thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - I will put my words into thy mouth, and I will shelter thee under the shadow of mine hand, with which I fixed the sky, and founded the earth: and the Lord shall say to Sion, Thou art my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 - It is he that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; saith the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
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