Words the Bible translates as foundation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- themeliosθεμέλιοςfoundation: the load-bearing base laid first under a building, and by extension the basis on which anything is established.
- edenאֶדֶןa socket or base: the heavy footing into which an upright post or pillar is set so it stands firm
- yesodיְסוֹדfoundation: the lowest supporting part of a built thing, the base it rests on or rises from
- makhonמָכוֹןa fixed, established place: the settled spot where something firmly rests or dwells
- katabolēκαταβολήa founding: the laying down of something as its base or beginning, used in the New Testament only in the set phrase "the foundation of the world," a fixed term for creation
+1 more meaning
- the depositing of seed: the laying down of seed that begins new life, the reproductive image behind the phrase "conceive" at Hebrews 11:11
- mosadמוֹסָדfoundations: the deep supports a thing rests on, used above all for the base of the world itself
- mosadahמוֹסָדָהfoundationnot studied yet
- oshאֹשׁfoundationnot studied yet
- musadמוּסָדfoundationnot studied yet
- shatahשָׁתfoundationnot studied yet
- hedraiōmaἑδραίωμαfoundationnot studied yet
- ashuyahאָשְׁיָהfoundationnot studied yet
- yesudahיְסוּדָהfoundationnot studied yet
- massadמַסַּדfoundationnot studied yet
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