Themelioo means “ground” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2311 — chadlay (“Hadlai”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2311 θεμελιόω (themelioo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. themelioo (them-el-ee-oh'-o) v. 1. to lay a basis for 2. (literally) to erect It has 45 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include founded, grounded, and settle. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
themelioo (them-el-ee-oh'-o) v. 1. to lay a basis for 2. (literally) to erect 3. (figuratively) to consolidate [from G2310] KJV: (lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle Root(s): G2310
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Usage: θεμελιόω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for יָסַד ;] to lay the foundation of, to found: with accusative, τ. γῆν, Heb.1:10 (LXX); pass., Mat.7:25, Luk.6:48; metaphorically, 1Pe.5:10 (R, mg., settle); pass., Eph.3:18, Col.1:23.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render themelioo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G2311 (θεμελιόω) appears 40 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
35 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bethel; he laid the foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.
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.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre they gave carts, that they should bring cedar trees from Lebanon, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
and set the towers thereof upon the gates of it, a hundred cubits high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits:
First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2311.
And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bethel; he laid the foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.
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.
Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.
In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.
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.
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.
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; The moon and stars, which thou hast established.
He has founded it upon the seas, And prepared it upon the rivers.
As we have heard, so have we also seen, In the city of the Lord of hosts, In the city of our God: God has founded it forever. Pause.
And he built his sanctuary as the place of unicorns; He founded it forever on the earth.
A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Korah. His foundations are in the holy mountains.
A man shall say, Zion is my mother; And such a man was born in her; And the Highest himself has founded her.
The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: Thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.
In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the works of thy hands.
Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: It shall not be moved forever.
They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, To the place which thou hast founded for them.
Thy truth endures to all generations; Thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them forever.
And by prudence he prepared the heavens.
was in the beginning, Before he made the earth:
A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; And is as strong as a well-founded palace.
His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: His form is as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Zion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.
Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.
My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.
And thou hast forgotten God who made thee, who made the sky and founded the earth; and thou wert continually afraid because of the wrath of him that afflicted thee: for whereas he counseled to take thee away, yet now where is the wrath of him that afflicted thee?
I will put my words into thy mouth, and I will shelter thee under the shadow of my hand, with which I fixed the sky, and founded the earth: and the Lord shall say to Zion, Thou art my people.
It is he that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name.
Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built.
The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; saith the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre they gave carts, that they should bring cedar trees from Lebanon, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
and set the towers thereof upon the gates of it, a hundred cubits high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits:
And by him was built from the foundation the double height, The high fortress of the wall about the temple:
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Themelioo (Strong's G2311) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ground". themelioo (them-el-ee-oh'-o) v. 1. to lay a basis for 2. (literally) to erect
This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G2311 across 21 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2311 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as founded, grounded, and settle. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 35 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2311, with linked reader references where each row is available.