Foundation
מוֹסָדָהStrong’s H4146mosadah (mo-sa-dah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mosadah is the Hebrew word usually translated “foundations of” and “foundations”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.”
Meaning
- Foundation
How it's translated
- foundations of 4
- for foundations 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- Psalms 18:15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Isaiah 40:21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 51:26And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹסָדָה mosadah · foundation
foundation Another spelling of mo.sad (מוֹסָד "foundation" H4144)
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.