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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 Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth[fn] year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - Now all the work of Solomon was well-ordered from[fn] the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7 - In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood[fn] in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD:

“For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”[fn]
Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes. Yet many shouted aloud for joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 - As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the LORD of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will establish it forever. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 - And He built His sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1 - A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 - Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:90

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:152

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You have founded them forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - The LORD by wisdom founded the earth;
By understanding He established the heavens;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are pillars of marble
Set on bases of fine gold.
His countenance is like Lebanon,
Excellent as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That the LORD has founded Zion,
And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 - Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When I call to them,
They stand up together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - And you forget the LORD your Maker,
Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
And where is the fury of the oppressor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put My words in your mouth;
I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
That I may plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 - He who builds His layers in the sky,
And has founded His strata in the earth;
Who calls for the waters of the sea,
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
The LORD is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - ‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - “The hands of Zerubbabel
Have laid the foundation of this temple;[fn]
His hands shall also finish it.
Then you will know
That the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:

‘Let your hands be strong,
You who have been hearing in these days
These words by the mouth of the prophets,
Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid
For the house of the LORD of hosts,
That the temple might be built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - The burden[fn] of the word of the LORD against Israel. Thus says the LORD, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
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