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θεμελιόω

Strong’s: G2311

Associated OET lemmas: θεμελιόω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: τίθημι

Sense 1: to lay a foundation, to found something upon

Semantic entry: 7.42

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: to lay or construct a foundation

Further resources: realia:3.1.1

MAT 7:25: RV MAT 7:25 · LV MAT 7:25 · Read together MAT 7:25

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OET-RV MAT 7:25

25 When the rains started and the floods came and the winds blew and battered that house, it was stable because its foundation was the rock.

OET-LV MAT 7:25

25 And the rain came _down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they _fell _against to_ the that _house, and it_ not _fell, because/for it _had _been _established on the rock.

HEB 1:10: RV HEB 1:10 · LV HEB 1:10 · Read together HEB 1:10

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OET-RV HEB 1:10

10 He also said to his son:
⇔ ‘Yahweh, at the beginning you established the earth,
⇔ and you made the heavens with your hands.

OET-LV HEB 1:10

10 And:
You in the_beginnings, master, the earth established, and works of _the hands of _you are the heavens.

Sense 2: to provide a basis for, to provide a foundation for, to cause to be steadfast in

Semantic entry: 31.94

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Trust, Rely

Definition: to provide a firm basis for belief or practice

EPH 3:17: RV EPH 3:17 · LV EPH 3:17 · Read together EPH 3:17

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OET-RV EPH 3:17

17 Through your faith, the messiah can live in your hearts so that love will become your root and foundation

OET-LV EPH 3:17

17 to _dwell _in the chosen _one /messiah through the faith in the hearts of _you _all in love, having _been _rooted and having _been _established,

COL 1:23: RV COL 1:23 · LV COL 1:23 · Read together COL 1:23

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OET-RV COL 1:23

23 if indeed you continue on in your established and firm faith. Don’t let anyone drive away the hope that comes from the good message that you all heard and which has been proclaimed throughout the whole world—it’s that good message that I’ve become a servant of.

OET-LV COL 1:23

23 if surely you _all _are _continuing _on in _the faith, having _been _established and firm, and not being _shifted from the hope of _the good _message which you _all _heard, which having _been _proclaimed in all creation which under the heaven, of _which I Paulos became a_servant.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

EPH: RV EPH 3:17 · LV EPH 3:17 · Read together EPH 3:17

COL: RV COL 1:23 · LV COL 1:23 · Read together COL 1:23

PE1: RV PE1 5:10 · LV PE1 5:10 · Read together PE1 5:10