ΘΕΜΕΛΙΑ, θεμελια
THEMELIA, themelia
Sounds Like: theh-MEH-lee-ah
Translations: foundations, a foundation
From the root: ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the base or substructure upon which something is built, such as a building or a city. It is used in the plural to denote multiple foundations or the entire foundational structure. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to fundamental principles or beginnings.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2310 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 6:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 17:8, 17:16, 81:5
- Proverbs — 8:29
- Sirach — 3:9, 16:19, 50:15
- Isaiah — 14:15, 24:18, 25:2, 28:16, 40:21, 44:23, 54:11, 58:12
- Jeremiah — 6:5
- Acts of the Apostles — 16:26
- Epistle of Barnabas — 6:2
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 32:22
- 2 Samuel — 22:8, 22:16
- Psalms — 17:8, 17:16, 81:5
- Odes — 2:22
- Proverbs — 8:29
- Sirach — 3:9, 16:19, 50:15
- Isaiah — 14:15, 24:18, 25:2, 28:16, 40:21, 44:23, 54:11, 58:12
- Jeremiah — 6:5
- Lamentations — 4:11
- Ezekiel — 13:14, 30:4
- Hosea — 8:14
- Amos — 1:4, 1:7, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:5
- Micah — 1:6, 6:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 16:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΕΜΕΑʼ — foundations, a foundation
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΑʼ — foundations, a foundation
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΙ — foundations, a foundation
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΙΣ — to foundations, for foundations, on foundations, foundations
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΝ — foundation, a foundation, base, a base, groundwork, a groundwork
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΥ — of a foundation, of a base, of a groundwork
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΥΣ — foundations, a foundation
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΩΝ — of a foundation, of foundations, a foundation, foundations
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