Foundation
מָכוֹןStrong’s H4349makhon (ma-khon)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Makhon is the Hebrew word usually translated “place of”, “from place of” and “place”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.”
Meaning
- Fixed or established place, foundationfixed place · foundation
How it's translated
- place of 4
- from place of 3
- a place 2
- place 2
- foundation of 2
- and a place 1
- place its 1
- foundations its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 4
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Ezra 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.
- 1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- 1 Kings 8:39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
- 1 Kings 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
- 1 Kings 8:49Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- 2 Chronicles 6:2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Hebrew dictionary
מָכוֹן makhon · foundation
1) fixed or established place, foundation 1a) fixed place 1b) 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.