Exodus 9:18
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
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Foundation
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Revelation 21:19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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Exodus
11 verses
Joshua
11 verses
1 Kings
55 verses
2 Chronicles
33 verses
Ezra
55 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
43 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Haggai
11 verses
Zechariah
33 verses
Matthew
22 verses
Luke
44 verses
John
11 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
33 verses
Ephesians
22 verses
1 Timothy
11 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Hebrews
44 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
Revelation
33 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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יָסַד
yâçad · yaw-sad'
16 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 6:26Strong's last: Zechariah 12:1
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themélios · them-el'-ee-os
12 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--foundation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 6:48Strong's last: Revelation 21:19
Open full G2310 profile →καταβολή
katabolḗ · kat-ab-ol-ay'
9 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a deposition, i.e. founding; figuratively, conception
Strong's KJV usage: :--conceive, foundation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 13:35Strong's last: Revelation 13:8
Open full G2602 profile →יְסוֹד
yᵉçôwd · yes-ode'
7 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: bottom, foundation, repairing
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 23:5Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:13
Open full H3247 profile →מוּסָד
mûwçâd · moo-sawd'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation
Strong's KJV usage: foundation.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 8:16Strong's last: Isaiah 28:16
Open full H4143 profile →θεμελιόω
themelióō · them-el-ee-o'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate
Strong's KJV usage: :--(lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 1:10Strong's last: Hebrews 1:10
Open full G2311 profile →κόσμος
kósmos · kos'-mos
1 times translated as this KJV form195 total Strong's occurrences
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
Strong's KJV usage: :--adorning, world.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 17:8Strong's last: Revelation 17:8
Open full G2889 profile →אֹשׁ
ʼôsh · ohsh
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation
Strong's KJV usage: foundation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:16Strong's last: Ezra 5:16
Open full H787 profile →יוֹם
yôwm · yome
1 times translated as this KJV form2,209 total Strong's occurrences
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Strong's KJV usage: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
Strong's first: Exodus 9:18Strong's last: Exodus 9:18
Open full H3117 profile →יְסוּדָה
yᵉçûwdâh · yes-oo-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation
Strong's KJV usage: foundation.
Strong's first: Psalms 87:1Strong's last: Psalms 87:1
Open full H3248 profile →מַסַּד
maççad · mas-sad'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation
Strong's KJV usage: foundation.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 7:9Strong's last: 1 Kings 7:9
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H3117
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
H3245
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
H3245
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
H3245
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
H4527
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
H3245
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
H3245
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
H4143
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
H3247
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
H3245
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
H3245
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
H3245
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
H3245
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
H3245
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient 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:
H787
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
H3247
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
H3247
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
H3248
<<A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.>> His foundation is in the holy mountains.
H3245
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
H3247
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
H3247
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
no direct Strong's tag
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
H4143
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
no direct Strong's tag
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
H3245
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
English meaning and historical usage.
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foundation
FOUNDA'TION, noun [Latin fundatio, fundo.]
1. The basis of an edifice; that part of a building which lies on the ground; usually a wall of stone which supports the edifice.
2. The act of fixing the basis.
3. The basis or ground work, or any thing; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported. A free government has its foundation in the choice and consent of the people to be governed. Christ is the foundation of the church.
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone - a precious cornerstone. Isaiah 28:16.
Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:10.
4. Original; rise; as the foundation of the world.
5. Endowment; a donation or legacy appropriated to support an institution, and constituting a permanent fund, usually for a charitable purpose.
6. Establishment; settlement.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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