foun-da'-shun:
In Hebrew the words for "foundation" are mostly derivatives from yacadh, "to found," and in Greek two words are used: one, katabole, of "foundation of the world" (Mr 13:35;15:34;Lu 11:50;Joh 17:24, etc.); the other, themelios, of the foundation of a building (Lu 6:48,49;14:29;Ac 16:26, etc.), in which sense it is also used metaphorically in various connections (Christ the foundation of the church,1Co 3:11; or the apostles and prophets the foundation, with Christ as corner-stone,Eph 2:20; the foundation of repentance,Heb 6:1, etc.). InPs 11:3, "if the foundations be destroyed," the Hebrew word is shath. InJer 50:15, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "bulwarks" for "foundations"; conversely inPs 89:14;97:2, for the King James Version "habitation," the Revised Version (British and American) reads "foundation," and inIsa 6:4for the King James Version "posts," reads "foundations."
James Orr