מוֹסָדָהmôwçâdâh

foundations (Psalms 18:8; Jeremiah 51:26; Psalms 18:16; 2 Samuel 22:16; Deuteronomy 32:22)

Pronunciation: mo-saw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4146

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 22:8 “Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the heavens shook; they quaked because of his anger.
  • 2 Samuel 22:16 Then at the command of the Lord, at the blast of his breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
  • Psalms 18:15 Then at your command, O Lord, at the blast of your breath, the bottom of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
  • Isaiah 40:21 Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant?
  • Jeremiah 51:26 You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out,” says the Lord.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).