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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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
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?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
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
Open full H3245 profile →θεμέλιος
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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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.
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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