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The term "founded" in the biblical context often refers to the establishment or laying of a foundation, whether it be physical, spiritual, or metaphorical. It is a concept that underscores the importance of a solid beginning or basis upon which something is built. In Scripture, the idea of founding is frequently associated with God's creative and sustaining power, the establishment of His covenant, and the formation of His people.

Creation and the Earth

The Bible begins with the foundational act of creation, where God establishes the heavens and the earth. In Genesis 1:1, it is written, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." This act of creation is further elaborated in passages like Psalm 104:5, which states, "He established the earth upon its foundations, never to be moved." Here, the founding of the earth is depicted as a divine act that ensures stability and order in the universe.

The Foundation of God's Covenant

The concept of founding is also significant in the context of God's covenant with His people. In the Old Testament, God establishes His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, laying the foundation for the nation of Israel. This covenant is a binding agreement that sets the stage for God's redemptive plan. In Exodus 6:8, God promises, "I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD."

The Foundation of the Church

In the New Testament, the founding of the Church is a pivotal theme. Jesus Christ is described as the cornerstone upon which the Church is built. In Ephesians 2:19-20, Paul writes, "Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone." This passage highlights the foundational role of Christ and the apostles in the establishment of the Church.

Wisdom and Understanding

The concept of founding is also linked to wisdom and understanding. Proverbs 3:19 states, "The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding." This verse emphasizes that God's creative acts are not arbitrary but are grounded in divine wisdom and understanding, serving as a model for human endeavors.

The Foundation of Righteousness

Righteousness and justice are described as the foundation of God's throne. Psalm 89:14 declares, "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You." This imagery conveys the idea that God's rule is established on principles of moral integrity and fairness, providing a stable and just order for His creation.

The Foundation of Faith

In the life of believers, faith is often described as a foundation. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as "the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see." This foundational faith is what supports and sustains the believer's life and relationship with God.

Warnings Against Faulty Foundations

Scripture also warns against building on faulty foundations. In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish builders, illustrating the importance of building one's life on the solid foundation of His teachings. "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock" (Matthew 7:24). This parable serves as a caution against neglecting the secure foundation provided by adherence to Christ's words.

In summary, the concept of "founded" in the Bible encompasses the establishment of the earth, God's covenant, the Church, and the principles of wisdom, righteousness, and faith. It underscores the necessity of a solid foundation in both the physical and spiritual realms, reflecting God's order and purpose in creation and His relationship with humanity.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Found.

2. (imp. & p. p.) of Found.

Greek

2311. themelioo -- to lay the foundation of
... Word Origin from themelios Definition to lay the foundation of NASB Word Usage
establish (1), firmly established (1), founded (1), grounded (1), laid the ...
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116. Athenai -- Athens, capital of Attica in Greece
... Athens. Plural of Athene (the goddess of wisdom, who was reputed to have
founded the city); Athenoe, the capitol of Greece -- Athens. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3385b. Yeruel -- "founded by God," a location probably in the ...
... 3385a, 3385b. Yeruel. 3386 . "founded by God," a location probably in the
wilderness of Judah. Transliteration: Yeruel Short Definition: Jeruel. ...
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3245. yasad -- to establish, found, fix
... 3244, 3245. yasad. 3246 . to establish, found, fix. Transliteration: yasad
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-sad') Short Definition: founded. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3385. Yruw'el -- perhaps to be stupefied
... Jeruel From yarah and 'el; founded of God; Jeruel, a place in Palestine -- Jeruel.
see HEBREW yarah. see HEBREW 'el. 3384, 3385. Yruw'el. 3385a . ...
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2977. Yoshiyyah -- "Yah supports," two Israelites
... Josiah. Or {yo-she-yaw'-hoo}; from the same root as 'ashuwyah and Yahh; founded
of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites -- Josiah. see HEBREW 'ashuwyah. ...
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7484. Ramah -- "trembling," son of Cush, also a trading people
... Raamah. The same as ra'mah; Ramah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a place
(perhaps founded by him) -- Raamah. see HEBREW ra'mah. 7483, 7484. ...
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3389. Yerushalaim -- probably "foundation of peace," capital city ...
... at least of the former reading, seems to be that of Yruwshalem)); probably from
(the passive participle of) yarah and shalam; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or ...
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4328. meyussadah -- foundation
... part. of yasad, qv. foundation Properly, feminine passive participle of yacad;
something founded, ie A foundation -- foundation. see HEBREW yacad. 4327, 4328 ...
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Library

That Rome was Founded when the Assyrian Kingdom Perished, at which ...
... Book XVIII. Chapter 22."That Rome Was Founded When the Assyrian Kingdom
Perished, at Which Time Hezekiah Reigned in Judah. To ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 22 that rome was founded.htm

This Election was not Founded Upon Foreseen Faith and the ...
... First Head of Doctrine. Divine Election and Reprobation Article 9 This election
was not founded upon foreseen faith and the obedience of faith? ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/article 9 this election was.htm

The New Covenant, Founded on the Sufferings of Christ, Tends to ...
... Chapter V."The new covenant, founded on the sufferings of Christ, tends
to our salvation, but to the Jews' destruction. For to ...
/.../barnabas/the epistle of barnabas /chapter v the new covenant founded.htm

An Address to the Regenerate, Founded on the Preceding Discourses.
... PRACTICAL DISCOURSES ON REGENERATION. DISCOURSE X. AN ADDRESS TO THE REGENERATE,
FOUNDED ON THE PRECEDING DISCOURSES. James I.18. James 1:18. ...
/.../doddridge/practical discourses on regeneration/discourse x an address to.htm

Reply to an Objection Founded on the Words of St. Paul (2 Cor. Iv. ...
... Against Heresies: Book III Chapter VII."Reply to an objection founded on
the words of St. Paul (2 Cor. iv. 4) St. Paul occasionally ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter vii reply to an objection.htm

Christ First Delivered the Faith. The Apostles Spread It; they ...
... The Prescription Against Heretics. Chapter XX."Christ First Delivered the Faith.
The Apostles Spread It; They Founded Churches as the Depositories Thereof. ...
/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xx christ first delivered the.htm

Texts Explained; Sixthly, the Context of Proverbs viii. 22 Vz. 22 ...
... Fidei. Founded' is used in contrast to superstructure; and it implies,
as in the case of stones in building, previous existence. ...
/.../chapter xxii texts explained sixthly the.htm

How the Holy Brother Bernard of Assisi was Sent by St Francis to ...
... THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER V HOW THE HOLY BROTHER BERNARD
OF ASSISI WAS SENT BY ST FRANCIS TO BOLOGNA AND HOW HE FOUNDED A CONVENT ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter v how the holy.htm

Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught us by Slaves Even by Beasts. ...
... Chapter IV."Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught Us by Slaves Even by Beasts.
Obedient Imitation is Founded on Patience. Therefore ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter iv duty of imitating our.htm

How St Francis, Having Been Told by St Clare and the Holy Brother ...
... CHAPTER XVI HOW ST FRANCIS, HAVING BEEN TOLD BY ST CLARE AND THE HOLY BROTHER SILVESTER
THAT HE SHOULD PREACH AND CONVERT MANY TO THE FAITH, FOUNDED THE THIRD ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xvi how st francis.htm

Thesaurus

Founded (42 Occurrences)
...Founded (42 Occurrences). ... When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house,
and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. ...
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Well-founded (1 Occurrence)
Well-founded. Well-fortified, Well-founded. Well-grounded .
Multi-Version Concordance Well-founded (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah ...
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Ill-founded (2 Occurrences)
Ill-founded. Ill-formed, Ill-founded. Ill-gotten . Multi-Version
Concordance Ill-founded (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 16:6 ...
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Memphis (8 Occurrences)
... Nile. It is said to have been founded by Menes, the first king of Egypt,
and to have been in circumference about 19 miles. "There ...
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Boasts (18 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings. ...
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Benhadad (24 Occurrences)
... ben-ha'-dad (ben-hadhadh; Septuagint huios Hader): The Name I. BENHADAD I 1. The
Kingdom of Syria Founded 2. Syria and Judah 3. Shortsightedness of Asa II. ...
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Ur (5 Occurrences)
... east to the west. The name is Babylonian, and bears witness to its having
been founded by a Babylonian king. The same witness is ...
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Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... "Tyrian merchants were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters;
and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring islands of ...
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Pisidia (2 Occurrences)
... 1. History: (1) Antioch of Pisidia was so called to distinguish it from the many
other cities of the same name founded by Seleucus Nicator (301-280 BC) and ...
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Antioch (21 Occurrences)
... 1. History: (1) Antioch of Pisidia was so called to distinguish it from the many
other cities of the same name founded by Seleucus Nicator (301-280 BC) and ...
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Founded (42 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Ephesians 3:17
that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,
(DBY YLT)

Colossians 1:23
if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul became minister.
(DBY YLT)

Hebrews 1:10
And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
(DBY)

Hebrews 8:6
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
(See NIV)

Exodus 9:18
Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Leviticus
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:24
Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day."
(See NIV)

1 Kings 6:37
In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,
(YLT)

Ezra 3:6
From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded,
(YLT)

Ezra 3:10
And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of 'the instruments of' David king of Israel.
(YLT)

Ezra 3:11
And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness 'is' over Israel, and all the people have shouted -- a great shout -- in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.
(YLT)

Ezra 3:12
And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house -- in this house being founded before their eyes -- are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice;
(YLT)

Ezra 7:9
for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,
(YLT)

Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
(DBY YLT)

Psalms 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
(See JPS YLT RSV)

Psalms 24:2
For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:69
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
(DBY JPS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 87:1
A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
(See RSV)

Psalms 89:11
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 94:15
For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
(See NIV)

Psalms 102:25
Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
(DBY NAS)

Psalms 104:5
He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
(YLT)

Psalms 104:8
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 107:36
There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,
(See NIV)

Psalms 119:152
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Song of Songs 5:15
His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
(YLT)

Isaiah 14:32
What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 23:13
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people was not. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 40:21
Know ye not? hear ye not? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?
(See NIV)

Isaiah 44:28
Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.
(YLT)

Isaiah 45:18
For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 48:13
Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together.
(YLT NAS)

Isaiah 54:11
O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 10:12
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 51:15
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
(See NIV)

Amos 9:6
It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Habakkuk 1:12
Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.
(YLT)

Haggai 2:18
Set 'it', I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth 'month', even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set 'it' to your heart.
(YLT NAS)

Zechariah 8:9
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Let your hands be strong, Ye who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, That in the day the house of Jehovah of Hosts Hath been founded, the temple 'is' to be built.
(YLT)

Zechariah 12:1
The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
(See RSV)

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