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foundation

Meaning of “foundation”

The base or supporting part on which a structure rests; the beginning, establishment, underlying ground, or governing basis of a work, world, teaching, hope, or spiritual building.

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First occurrence: Exodus 9:18

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1 Kings 5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 5:17 · retained source text

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

1 Kings 6:37
¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:37 · retained source text

¶ In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the LORD layd, in the moneth Zif.

1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:9 · retained source text

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with sawes, within and without, euen from the foundation vnto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kings 7:10
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:10 · retained source text

And the foundation was of costly stones, euen great stones; stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.

1 Kings 16:34
¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 16:34 · retained source text

¶ In his dayes did Hiel the Bethelite build Iericho: he laid the foundation therof in Abiram his first borne, and set vp the gates thereof in his yongest sonne Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which hee spake by Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 6.26.

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