ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΙ, θεμελιοι
THEMELIOI, themelioi
Sounds Like: theh-MEH-lee-oy
Translations: foundations, a foundation
From the root: ΘΕΜΕΛΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the base or groundwork upon which a building or structure is erected. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to the fundamental principles or basis of something. In the provided examples, it is used in the plural to denote multiple foundations or the foundational elements of a structure.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2310 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:15
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 21:19
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
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΑ — foundations, a foundation
- ΘΕΜΕΛΙΑʼ — 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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