Strong's Lexicon
G2310 — θεμέλιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2310 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θεμέλιος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G5087 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | themelios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | them-el'-ee-os |
| Meaning: | 1. something put down, i.e. a substructure (of a building, etc.) {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | foundation |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεμέλιος, θεμέλιον (θέμα (i. e. thing laid down)), laid down as a foundation, belonging to a foundation (Diodorus 5, 66; θεμέλιοι λίθοι, Aristophanes av. 1137); generally as a substantive, ὁ θεμέλιος (namely, λίθος) (1Co 3:11; 2Ti 2:19; Rev 21:19), and τό θεμέλιον (rarely so in Greek writings, as (Aristotle, phys. auscult. 2, 9, p. 200a, 4); Pausanias, 8, 32, 1; (others)), the foundation (of a building, wall, city): properly, Luk 6:49; τιθέναι θεμέλιον, Luk 6:48; Luk 14:29; plural οἱ θεμέλιοι (chiefly so in Greek writings), Heb 11:10; Rev 21:14; Rev 21:19; neuter τό θεμέλια, Act 16:26 (and often in the Sept.); metaphorically, the foundations, beginnings, first principles, of an institution or system of truth: 1Co 3:10; 1Co 3:12; the rudiments, first principles, of Christian life and knowledge, Heb 6:1 (μετανοίας genitive of apposition (Winer’s Grammar, 531 (494))); a course of instruction begun by a teacher, Rom 15:20; Christ is called the θεμέλιος, i. e. faith in him, which is like a foundation laid in the soul on which is built up the fuller and richer knowledge of saving truth, 1Co 3:11; τῶν ἀποστόλων (genitive of apposition, on account of what follows: ὄντος ... Χριστοῦ (others say genitive of origin, see ἐποικοδομέω; cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 1; Meyer or Ellicott at the passage)), of the apostles as preachers of salvation, upon which foundation the Christian church has been built, Eph 2:20; a solid and stable spiritual possession, on which resting as on a foundation they may strive to lay hold on eternal life, 1Ti 6:19; the church is apparently called θεμέλιος as the foundation of the ’city of God,’ 2Ti 2:19, cf. 2Ti 2:20 and 1Ti 3:15. (the Sept. several times also for àÇøÀîåï, a palace, Isa 25:2; Jer 6:5; Amo 1:4, etc.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θεμέλιος (foundation)
Luke 6:48
- KJV: He is like a man which built an house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock and when the flood arose the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it for it was founded upon a rock
- GK: όμοιός εστιν ανθρώπω οικοδομούντι οικίαν ος έσκαψε και εβάθυνε και έθηκε θεμέλιον επί την πέτραν πλημμύρας δε γενομένης προσέρρηξεν ο ποταμός τη οικία εκείνη και ουκ ίσχυσε σαλεύσαι αυτήν τεθεμελίωτο γαρ επί την πέτραν
Luke 6:49
- KJV: But he that heareth and doeth not is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth against which the stream did beat vehemently and immediately it fell and the ruin of that house was great
- GK: ο δε ακούσας και μη ποιήσας όμοιός εστιν ανθρώπω οικοδομήσαντι οικίαν επί την γην χωρίς θεμελίου η προσέρρηξεν ο ποταμός και ευθέως έπεσε και εγένετο το ρήγμα της οικίας εκείνης μέγα
Luke 14:29
- KJV: Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish all that behold begin to mock him
- GK: ίνα μήποτε θέντος αυτού θεμέλιον και μη ισχύοντος εκτελέσαι πάντες οι θεωρούντες άρξωνται έμπαιζειν αυτώ
Acts 16:26
- KJV: And suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened and every one’s bands were loosed
- GK: άφνω δε σεισμός εγένετο μέγας ώστε σαλευθήναι τα θεμέλια του δεσμωτηρίου ανεώχθησάν τε παραχρήμα αι θύραι πάσαι και πάντων τα δεσμά ανέθη
Romans 15:20
- KJV: Yea so have I strived to preach the gospel not where Christ was named lest I should build upon another man’s foundation
- GK: ούτω δε φιλοτιμούμενον ευαγγελίζεσθαι ουχ όπου ωνομάσθη χριστός ίνα μη επ΄ αλλότριον θεμέλιον οικοδομώ
1 Corinthians 3:10
- KJV: According to the grace of God which is given unto me as a wise masterbuilder I have laid the foundation and another buildeth thereon But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon
- GK: κατά την χάριν του θεού την δοθείσάν μοι ως σοφός αρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον τέθεικα άλλος δε εποικοδομεί έκαστος δε βλεπέτω πως εποικοδομεί
1 Corinthians 3:11
- KJV: For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ
- GK: θεμέλιον γαρ άλλον ουδείς δύναται θείναι παρά τον κείμενον ος εστιν Ιησούς χριστός
1 Corinthians 3:12
- KJV: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold silver precious stones wood hay stubble
- GK: ει δε τις εποικοδομεί επί τον θεμέλιον τούτον χρυσόν άργυρον λίθους τιμίους ξύλα χόρτον καλάμην
Ephesians 2:20
- KJV: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
- GK: εποικοδομηθέντες επί τω θεμελιώ των αποστόλων και προφητών όντος ακρογωνιαίου αυτού Ιησού χριστού