Foundation
מוֹסָדStrong’s H4144mosad (mo-sad)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mosad is the Hebrew word usually translated “foundations of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.”
Meaning
- Foundation
How it's translated
- foundations of 7
- and foundations of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Micah 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 82:5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
- Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
- Isaiah 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- Jeremiah 31:37Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹסָד mosad · foundation
foundation
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.