Foundation
יְסוּדָהStrong’s H3248yesudah (ye-su-dah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yesudah is the Hebrew word usually translated “foundation his”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“His foundation is in the holy mountains.”
Meaning
- Foundationfounding of city
How it's translated
- foundation his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
יְסוּדָה yesudah · foundation
1) foundation 1a) founding of city
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.