Ground, Grounded
Ground, Grounded
ground, grounded (, ‘adhamah, , ‘erec; , ge):
(1) Ground is in the King James Version the translation of ‘adhamah, the soil, the ground so called from its red color, frequently also translated earth and land (Gen 2:5 f, etc.; Exo 3:5; Exo 8:21, etc.); it is more often the translation of ‘erec, which means rather the earth, most often translated earth and land (Gen 18:2; Psa 74:7; Isa 3:26, etc.); other words are helkah, portion, field (2Sa 23:12, the Revised Version (British and American) plot); harsh, ploughing (1Sa 8:12); sadheh, a plain, a field (1Ch 11:13, the Revised Version (British and American) plot of ground); for other special words see DRY; FALLOW; PARCHED.
(2) In the New Testament the common word for ground is ge, earth, soil, land (Mat 13:8; Act 7:33, holy ground, etc.); other words are agros, field (Luk 14:18, I have bought a piece of ground the Revised Version (British and American) field); choron, spot, place (Joh 4:5, parcel of ground).
(3) As past participle of to grind, ground appears as the translation of rphoth, pounded grain (2Sa 17:19, the Revised Version (British and American) bruised); ground is also the translation of tahan (Exo 32:20; Num 11:8; Deu 9:21, the Revised Version (British and American) grinding).
(4) Ground, as the basis or foundation of anything, occurs in 1Ti 3:15 as the translation of hedraoma (from edaphos), the pillar and ground of the truth, the Revised Version, margin stay.
Grounded is used in the sense of founded, based, fixed in (Isa 30:32), and in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, the King James Version margin Hebrew every passing of the rod founded, the Revised Version (British and American) and every stroke (margin Hebrew passing) of the appointed staff (margin Or staff of doom (Hebrew foundation)), which Yahweh shall lay upon him; following, Isa 30:31, with his rod will he (Yahweh) smite him; Delitzsch, every stroke of the rod of destiny which Yahweh causes to fall upon Asshur; the word is musadhah, from yasadh, to place, to found, to appoint, to ordain, hence, appointed rod (of punishment), seems the simplest rendering.
In Eph 3:17 we have rooted and grounded in love, and in Col 1:23, if ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, the Revised Version (British and American) steadfast, both themelioo, to lay a foundation. In Ecclesiasticus 18:6 ground is used for the bottom of things, but the Revised Version (British and American) has to track them out (exichneuo), to trace out.
(5) Figurative uses of ground are as representing the heart in relation to its reception of words of truth and righteousness (Jer 4:3; Hos 10:12, Break up your fallow ground); to the word of the kingdom as preached by Christ (Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23); dry, parched, thirsty ground stands for a poor condition (Psa 107:33, Psa 107:15; Isa 35:7; Isa 44:3; Isa 53:2; Eze 19:13).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Ground, Grounded
“the eath, land,” etc., often denotes “the ground,” e.g., Mat 10:29; Mar 8:6. See EARTH.
“a bottom, base,” is used of the “ground” in Act 22:7, suggestive of that which is level and hard. Cp. B, No. 1, below.
“land, country,” is used of property, “ground,” in Luk 12:16, “the ground (of a certain rich man).” See COUNTRY.
a diminutive of No. 3, “a piece of land, a place, estate,” is translated “parcel of ground” in Joh 4:5. See FIELD.
“a support, bulwark, stay” (from hedraios, “steadfast, firm;” from hedra, “a seat”), is translated “ground” in 1Ti 3:15 (said of a local church); the RV marg., “stay” is preferable.
Notes: (1) In Mar 4:16 the RV rightly has “rocky places” (petrodes) for AV, “stoney ground.” (2) In Act 27:29, for the AV, “rocks” the RV has “rocky ground,” lit., “rough places,” i.e., a rocky shore. (3) In Luk 14:18, agros, “a field,” is translated “a piece of ground,” AV, RV, “a field.” See FIELD.
akin to A, No. 2: See DASH.
signifies “to lay the foundation of, to found” (akin to themelios, “a foundation;” from tithemi, “to put”), and is rendered “grounded” in Eph 3:17, said of the condition of believers with reference to the love of Christ; in Col 1:23, of their continuance in the faith. See FOUND.
(akin to Lat., humi, “on the ground,” and homo, “man”), signifies “on the ground,” Joh 9:6, of the act of Christ in spitting on the “ground” before anointing the eyes of a blind man; in Joh 18:6, “to the ground,” of the fall of the rabble that had come to seize Christ in Gethsemane.