true doctrine’ [LSA]. This noun denotes an upright shaft that is used as a building support [LN]. b. ἑδραίωμα (LN 31.93) (BAGD p. 218): ‘foundation’ [BAGD, LN, Lns, NTC; CEV, GW, HCSB, NCV, NIV, NLT], ‘support’ [AB, LN; NASB, TEV], ‘mainstay’ [BAGD], ‘ground’ [KJV], ‘pedestal’ [ECC], ‘buttress’ [BNTC], ‘bulwark’ [NET, NRSV, REB], ‘protector’ [WBC], ‘fortress’ [Herm], ‘basis’ [LN]. This noun denotes that which provides the basis or foundation for belief or practice [LN]. c. ἀλήθεια (LN 72.2):