noun · neuter

themeliem

Greekθεμέλιον (themelion)

Strong’sG2310

belonging to the foundation

stem themeli-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

foundations1×

What it means

θεμέλιος, -ον

(< τίθημι), [in LXX for אַרְמוֹן, מוֹסָד, etc.;]

of or for a foundation; as subst., ὁ θ. (sc. λίθος), a foundation stone, foundation: Lk 6:48, 49 14:29 (but v. Deiss., BS, 123); pl., οἰ θ. (cl.), He 11:10, Re 21:14, 19; neut., τὸ θ. (Arist., Phys., vi, 6, 10, LXX and later writers), Ac 16:26; metaph., Ro 15:20, I Co 3:10-12, Eph 2:20, I Ti 6:19, II Ti 2:19, He 6:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2310 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthem-el'-ee-os

something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom a derivative of G5087;

King Jamesfoundation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	themeliem	themelieim
of, belonging to genitive	themelieu	themelieiu
to, for dative	themelie	themeliei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

themelistem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

themelie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

themelios — θεμέλιος, belonging to the foundation themeliimō — θεμελιόω, I found, lay the foundation

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

themelieim1×

Acts 16:26“foundations”afnōs de seismos gineta megos hōste saleuira teim themelieim teu desmōtērieu, anoigila de parachrēma tais thurais pantais, kai pantoiu teim desmeim aniēkita.Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.