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Strong's #2311 - θεμελιόω

Transliteration
themelióō
Phonetics
them-el-ee-o'-o
Origin
from (G2310)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to lay the foundation, to found
  2. to make stable, establish
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1129 ‑ בָּנָה (baw‑naw');  1280 ‑ בְּרִיחַ (ber‑ee'‑akh);  3245 ‑ יָסַד (yaw‑sad');  3559 ‑ כּוּן (koon);  5258 ‑ נָסַךְ (naw‑sak');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θεμελῐ-όω,

I to lay the foundation of, found firmly, πύργους.. φοίνιξι θεμελιώσας X. Cyr. 7.5.11, cf. IG 12(2).11.26 (Mytil.), LXX John 6:25 (26), Hebrews 1:10, etc.: Pass., have the foundations laid, IG 22.1343.15 (i B.C.); ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν Matthew 7:25 : metaph., βασιλεία καλῶς θεμελιωθεῖσα D.S. 11.68; ἡγεμονία κάλλιστα τεθεμελιωμένη Id. 15.1; ἐν ἀγάπῃ τεθ. Ephesians 3:18; τῇ πίστει Colossians 1:23.

II destroy utterly, in Pass., -ωθέντα (θεμειλωθ- cod.) · ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀρθέντα, Hsch.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

θεμελιόω: future θεμελιώσω; 1 aorist ἐθεμελίωσα; passive, perfect participle τεθεμελιωμενος; 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)); the Sept. for יָסַד; (from Xenophon down); to lay the foundation, to found: properly, τήν γῆν, Hebrews 1:10 (Psalm 101:26 () Proverbs 3:19; Isaiah 48:13, others); τί ἐπί τί, 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 (18); Colossians 1:23.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θεμελιόω , - ,

[in LXX chiefly for H3245;]

to lay the foundation of, to found: c. acc, τ . γῆν , Hebrews 1:10 (LXX); pass., Matthew 7:25, Luke 6:48; metaph., 1 Peter 5:10 (R, mg., settle); pass., Ephesians 3:18, Colossians 1:23.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 732.15 (B.C. 36–5) προεστάτησεν τοῦ θεμελιωθῆναι τὴν σύνοδον. In MGr the verb survives as θεμελιώνω.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
εθεμελιώθη εθεμελίωθη εθεμελίωσα εθεμελίωσαν εθεμελιωσας εθεμελίωσας ἐθεμελίωσας εθεμελίωσε εθεμελίωσέ εθεμελίωσεν θεμελιούν θεμελιούσθαι θεμελιών θεμελιώσαι θεμελιώσαντα θεμελιωσει θεμελιώσει θεμελίωσει θεμελίωσις θεμελιώσω θεννουρίμ τεθεμελιωμένην τεθεμελιωμενοι τεθεμελιωμένοι τεθεμελιωμένον τεθεμελίωται τεθεμελιωτο τεθεμελίωτο ethemeliosas ethemeliōsas ethemelíosas ethemelíōsas tethemeliomenoi tethemelioménoi tethemeliōmenoi tethemeliōménoi tethemelioto tethemeliōto tethemelíoto tethemelíōto themeliosei themeliōsei themeliṓsei
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