Greek n-m/n · G2310
θεμέλιος
themeliosthem-el'-ee-os
foundation
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: themélios
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2310is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2310
something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: foundation.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
themelios is rendered "foundation". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
Luke 6:48θεμέλιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- foundation7
- a foundation5
- foundations4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θεμελιόω | themelioo | to found | Uses5 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θεμέλιον8
- θεμέλιος2
- θεμελίους2
- θεμέλια1
- θεμέλιοι1
- θεμελίου1
- θεμελίῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular8N-ASM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Luke
three uses
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a foundation
But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”
- θεμελίουthemeliounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: a foundation
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a foundation
Acts
one use
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- θεμέλιαthemelianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: foundations
Romans
one use
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
1 Corinthians
three uses
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Foundation
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
Ephesians
one use
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- θεμελίῳthemelionoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
1 Timothy
one use
treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a foundation
2 Timothy
one use
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- θεμέλιοςthemeliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
Hebrews
two uses
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
- θεμέλιονthemelionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a foundation
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- θεμελίουςthemeliousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: foundations
Revelation
three uses
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- θεμελίουςthemeliousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: foundations
The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
- θεμέλιοιthemelioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: foundations
- θεμέλιοςthemeliosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: foundation
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.