θεμελῐ-όω,
to lay the foundation of, found firmly, πύργους.. φοίνιξι θεμελιώσας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.11, compare “IG” 12(2).11.26 (Mytil.), LXX.Josh.6.25 (26), NT.Heb.1.10, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, have the foundations laid, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1343.15 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν [[ NT.Matt.7.25: _metaphorically_, βασιλεία καλῶς θεμελιωθεῖσα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.68; ἡγεμονία κάλλιστα τεθεμελιωμένη [prev. author] 15.1 ] NT+1st c.BC+]; ἐν ἀγάπῃ τεθ. [[ NT.Eph.3.18; τῇ πίστει NT.Col.1.23. ] NT]
__II destroy utterly, in passive, -ωθέντα (θεμειλωθ- codex)· ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀρθέντα, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]