The corpus record

θεμελῐ-όω

themelioo

to lay the foundation of, found firmly

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Where it lives

Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Zacharias 3 · 6.22/10k
Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Psalmi 11 · 3.22/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Esdras II 3 · 2.53/10k
Esdras I 2 · 2.43/10k
Isaias 5 · 1.9/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to lay the foundation of, found firmly, have the foundations laid

to lay the foundation of, found firmly, πύργους . . φοίνιξι θεμελιώσας X. Cyr. 7.5.11, cf. IG 12(2).11.26 (Mytil.), LXX Jo. 6.25 (26), Ep.Hebr. 1.10, etc.:—Pass., have the foundations laid, IG 2(2).1343.15 (i B.C.); ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν Ev.Matt. 7.25: metaph., βασιλεία καλῶς θεμελιωθεῖσα D.S. 11.68; ἡγεμονία κάλλιστα τεθεμελιωμένη Id. 15.1; ἐν ἀγάπῃ τεθ. Ep.Eph. 3.18; τῇ πίστει Ep.Col. 1.23.

II destroy utterly

destroy utterly, in Pass., -ωθέντα (θεμειλωθ- cod.)· ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀρθέντα, Hsch.

In the wild

τεθεμελιωμένοι · tethemeliōmenoi New Testament, Colossians 1.21 (DIORISIS sentence 10)
τεθεμελιωμένοι · tethemeliōmenoi New Testament, Ephesians 3.17 (DIORISIS sentence 24)
ἐθεμελίωσας · ethemeliōsas New Testament, Hebrews 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 15)
ἐθεμελίωσας · ethemeliōsas New Testament, Hebrews 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 14)
τεθεμελίωτο · tethemeliōto New Testament, Matthew 7.25 (DIORISIS sentence 230)
ἐθεμελιώθη · ethemeliōthē Septuaginta, Aggaeus 2

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Where it came from

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