מוֹסָדָה
môwçâdâh · H4146 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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foundation
The bottom part of a construction, which bears everything built on top of it; sometimes used in a somewhat figurative sense to denote the foundations of heaven and earth
Examples2 Samuel 22:8 “Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
2 Samuel 22:16 “Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were exposed By the rebuke of the LORD, From the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
Psalm 18:15 Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were exposed By Your rebuke, LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- תֵּבֵלearth 2
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
- שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- גָּלָהto uncover, to reveal, to go into exile 2
- רָגַזto tremble 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- θεμέλιος themélios · G2310 · foundation, foundation stone
- Greek θεμέλιος directly translates Hebrew מוֹסָדָה as 'foundation' in both literal architectural and figurative contexts, representing the standard LXX rendering of this Hebrew term.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Constructions001003002
- מוֹסָדָה denotes a foundation, as reflected in its gloss 'foundation' (2 Samuel 22:16's "the foundations of the world were laid bare"), placing it among architectural terms.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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