# G2311 θεμελιόω

θεμελιόω (themelióō), Strong’s G2311: to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate KJV: (lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle. Occurs 42 times.

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*themelióō* — to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate

KJV: (lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle

Derived from [θεμέλιος themélios](https://besorah.bible/word/G2310) (something put down, i.e. a substruction)

Occurs 42 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 7:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=25) — The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded…
- [Ephesians 3:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/ephesians/3?v=17) — that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- [Colossians 1:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/colossians/1?v=23) — if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News…
- [Hebrews 1:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/1?v=10) — And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
- [1 Peter 5:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/5?v=10) — But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Messiah Yeshua, after you have suffered a little…
- [1 Esdras 5:57](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/5?v=57) — They laid the foundation of God’s temple on the new moon of the second month, in the second year after they had come to…
- [Judith 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/1?v=3) — and set its towers at its gates one hundred cubits high, and its breadth in the foundation was sixty cubits,
- [Sirach 50:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/50?v=2) — The foundation was built by him to the height of the double walls, the lofty retaining walls of the temple enclosure.