θεμέλιος

Luke 6:48 θεμέλιον a foundation

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Here: The footing course, usually stones laid at the bottom of the trench to carry the walls. It contrasts directly with v.49, 'without a foundation' (chōris themeliou).

Luke 6:49 θεμελίου a foundation

But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Here: The substructure, the footing that ties a house to something firm. Verse 48 described the work it takes: digging and going deep. That work was skipped here.

Luke 14:29 θεμέλιον a foundation

Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

Acts 16:26 θεμέλια foundations

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

Here: The base of the building. The shaking reached the bottom of the prison, not just its walls or roof.

Romans 15:20 θεμέλιον foundation

In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

Here: The first layer of a building, laid by whoever founds it. In Paul's imagery (1 Cor 3:10–11) it is the founding preaching of Christ that brings a community into being.

1 Corinthians 3:10 θεμέλιον [the] foundation

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

Here: The base course of a building, laid first, which everything else depends on. Verse 11 names it: Jesus Christ, as Paul preached him.

1 Corinthians 3:11 θεμέλιον Foundation

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Here: The base course a building stands on. Paul puts it first in the sentence for emphasis: "A foundation, another one, nobody can lay." It picks up "I laid a foundation" from verse 10.

1 Corinthians 3:12 θεμέλιον foundation

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

Here: The base course of a building, laid first, carrying all the weight. Here it is Christ as Paul preached him: Christ crucified (2:2). Paul laid it when he founded the church at Corinth.

Ephesians 2:20 θεμελίῳ foundation

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

Here: The base course of a building, the bottom layer that everything else rests on. Here it is the first, laid-once layer of God's new temple-house.

1 Timothy 6:19 θεμέλιον a foundation

treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Here: 'A foundation.' The image switches from a treasury to a building. Generosity lays a solid base for the future, unlike wealth, which v.17 calls 'uncertain'.

2 Timothy 2:19 θεμέλιος foundation

Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

Here: The base course of a building. Here it pictures something God has laid and that holds the whole structure up (see studies and debates on what it stands for).

Hebrews 6:1 θεμέλιον a foundation

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

Here: A building image: the foundation is essential and permanent. You build on it, you don't dig it up and pour it again.

Hebrews 11:10 θεμελίους foundations

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Here: The stone footings of a permanent building. A tent has none. The word stands for permanence and stability, and it is the exact opposite of the tents in verse 9.

Revelation 21:14 θεμελίους foundations

The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Here: Twelve foundation stones or courses on which the wall rests. In vv. 19–20 each one is a different precious stone, so they are visible and splendid, not hidden underground.

Revelation 21:19 θεμέλιοι θεμέλιος foundations, foundation

The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Here: The foundation courses of the wall: the lowest rows of large stone that the wall stands on. There are twelve, so this probably means twelve tiers or sections of the base, each one a different gem.