θεμέλιος

qemevlio" qemevlio",
qemevlion (
qevma (i. e. thing laid down)), laid down as a foundation, belonging to a foundation (Diodorus 5, 66;
qemevlioi
livqoi, Aristophanes av. 1137); generally as a substantive,
oJ
qemevlio" (namely,
livqo") (f; ; ), and
tov
qemevlion (rarely so in Greek writings, as (Aristotle, phys. auscult. 2, 9, p. 200a, 4); Pausanias, 8, 32, 1; (others)), the foundation (of a building, wall, city): properly, ;
tiqevnai
qemevlion, ; ; plural
oiJ
qemevlioi (chiefly so in Greek writings), ; ,; neuter
tov
qemevlia, (and often in the Septuagint); metaphorically, the foundations, beginnings, first principles, of an institution or system of truth: ,; the rudiments, first principles, of Christian life and knowledge, (
metanoiva" genitive of apposition (Winer's Grammar, 531 (494))); a course of instruction begun by a teacher, ; Christ is called the
qemevlio", i. e. faith in him, which is like a foundation laid in the soul on which is built up the fuller and richer knowledge of saving truth, ;
tw'n
ajpostovlwn (genitive of apposition, on account of what follows:
o[nto" ...
Cristou' (others say genitive of origin, see
ejpoikodomevw; cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 1; Meyer or Ellicott at the passage)), of the apostles as preachers of salvation, upon which foundation the Christian church has been built, ; a solid and stable spiritual possession, on which resting as on a foundation they may strive to lay hold on eternal life, ; the church is apparently called
qemevlio" as the foundation of the `city of God,' , cf. and . (the Septuagint several times also for @/mr]a', a palace, ; ; , etc.)*