Thing
Foundation
Human-made Things in the Bible
The foundation was the solid layer on which the wall of a building or the entire building was constructed. Foundations were made of large stones laid side by side.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
אֹשׁ ’osh · 3 verses
אָשְׁיָה ’oshyah · 1 verse
יסד, יְסוֹד, יְסוּדָה, מוֹסָד, מוֹסָדָה, מוּסָדָה, מַסָּד yasad (verb), ysod, ysudah, mosad, musad, mosadah, musadah, masad · 9 verses
מָכוֹן makon · 1 verse
סַף saf · 1 verse
θεμέλιον, θεμέλιος, θεμελιόω themelion, themelios, themelioō (verb) · 4 verses
ὑποβάλλω hupoballō (verb) · 1 verse
Also in House, permanent dwelling
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema