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Lexicon :: Strong's G2311 - themelioō

Aa
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

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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 charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:34 - In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good, for his lovingkindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:4 -
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 -
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 -
For he hath founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the floods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 -
As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish it for ever.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:69 -
And he built his sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 87:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 -
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 -
Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth;
And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 -
Who laid the foundations of the earth,
That it should not be moved for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 -
(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down)
Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 -
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 -
Of old have I known from thy testimonies,
That thou hast founded them for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 -
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth;
By understanding he established the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 -
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
Before the earth was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 -
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:13 - Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 - it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah’s temple was laid, consider it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:9 - The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
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