Foundation
אֹשׁStrong’s H0787osh
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Osh is the Aramaic word usually translated “foundations the” and “foundations its”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.”
Meaning
- Foundation
How it's translated
- and foundations the 1
- foundations the 1
- and foundations its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 5:16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
- Ezra 6:3In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Aramaic dictionary
אֹשׁ osh · foundation
foundation Aramaic of a.shu.yah (אָשְׁיָה "foundation" H0803)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “foundation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOUNDA'TION, noun
[Latin fundatio, fundo.]
- The basis of an edifice; that part of a building which lies on the ground; usually a wall of stone which supports the edifice.
- The act of fixing the basis.
- The basis or ground work, or any thing; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported.“Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone - a precious cornerstone” Isaiah 28:16“Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 3:11
- Original; rise; as the foundation of the world.
All definitions
- Endowment; a donation or legacy appropriated to support an institution, and constituting a permanent fund, usually for a charitable purpose.
- Establishment; settlement.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.