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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - θεμέλιος
θεμέλιος
G2310
Transliteration: themélios
Pronunciation: them-el'-ee-os
Definition: foundation
- Original: θεμέλιος - Transliteration: themelios - Phonetic: them-el'-ee-os
- Definition:
1. laid down as a foundation, the foundation (of a building, wall, city)
2. metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first principals
a. of institution or system of truth
- Origin: from a derivative of G5087" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5087 - TDNT entry: 04:03,3 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From a derivative of G5087" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5087; something put down that is a substruction (of a building etc.) (literally or figuratively): - foundation.