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Lexicon :: Strong's G3618 - oikodomeō

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οἰκοδομέω
Transliteration
oikodomeō (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kod-om-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as οἰκοδομή (G3619)
mGNT
41x in 22 unique form(s) TR
39x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
354x in 60 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:136,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκοδομέω oikodoméō, oy-kod-om-eh'-o; from the same as G3619; to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm:—(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G3618 in the following manner: build (24x), edify (7x), builder (5x), build up (1x), be in building (1x), embolden (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G3618 in the following manner: build (24x), edify (7x), builder (5x), build up (1x), be in building (1x), embolden (1x).

  1. to build a house, erect a building

    1. to build (up from the foundation)

    2. to restore by building, to rebuild, repair

  2. metaph.

    1. to found, establish

    2. to promote growth in Christian wisdom, affection, grace, virtue, holiness, blessedness

    3. to grow in wisdom and piety

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκοδομέω oikodoméō, oy-kod-om-eh'-o; from the same as G3619; to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm:—(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
STRONGS G3618:
οἰκοδομέω, οἰκοδομῶ; imperfect ᾠκοδόμουν; future οἰκοδομήσω; 1 aorist ᾠκοδόμησα (ὀικοδόμησα Tr WH in Acts 7:47; see Tdf. at the passage; Proleg., p. 120; WHs Appendix, p. 161; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 153; Winers Grammar, § 12, 4; Buttmann, 34 (30)); passive (present ὀικοδομοῦμαι (infinitive οἰκοδομεῖσθαι, Luke 6:48 Treg.); perfect infinitive οἰκοδομῆσθαι (Luke 6:48 T WH)); pluperfect 3 person singular ᾠκοδόμητο; 1 aorist ὠκοδομήθην (ὀικοδομήθην, T WH in John 2:20); 1 future ὀικοδομηθήσομαι; (οἰκοδόμος, which see); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for בָּנָה; to build a house. erect a building;
a. properly,
α. to build (up from the foundation): absolutely, Luke 11:48 G T WH Tr text Luke 14:30; 17:28; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, a substantive, the builders (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 7; Buttmann, § 144, 11), Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11 Rec.; 1 Peter 2:7, from Psalm 117:22 (Ps. 118); ἐπ' ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον, to build upon a foundation laid by others, i. e. (without a figure) to carry on instruction begun by others, Romans 15:20; οἰκοδομεῖν τί, Galatians 2:18; πύργον, Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 14:28; ἀποθήκας, Luke 12:18; ναόν, Mark 14:58; passive John 2:20 (on the aorist cf. 2 Esdr. 5:16); οἶκον, passive, 1 Peter 2:5 ((here T ἐποικον), cf. Winer's Grammar, 603 (561), and add ὀικούργειν τά κατά τόν οἶκον, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1, 3 [ET]); (οἰκίαν, Luke 6:48 (cf. Winer's Grammar, the passage cited)); συναγωγήν or οἶκον τίνι, for the use of or in honor of one, Luke 7:5; Acts 7:47, 49 (Genesis 8:20; Ezekiel 16:24); οἰκίαν ἐπί τί, Matthew 7:24, 26; Luke 6:49; πόλιν ἐπ' ὄρους, Luke 4:29.
β. contextually equivalent to to restore by building, to rebuild, repair: τί, Matthew 23:29; Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 15:29; Luke 11:47 and R (L brackets Tr marginal reading) in 48.
b. metaphorically,
α. equivalent to to found: ἐπί ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρα οἰκοδομήσω μου τήν ἐκκλησίαν, i. e. by reason of the strength of thy faith thou shalt be my principal support in the establishment of my church, Matthew 16:18.
β. Since both a Christian church and individual Christians are likened to a building or temple in which God or the Holy Spirit dwells (1 Corinthians 3:9, 16ff; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:21), the erection of which temple will not be completely finished till the return of Christ from heaven, those who, by action, instruction, exhortation, comfort, promote the Christian wisdom of others and help them to live a correspondent life are regarded as taking part in the erection of that building, and hence, are said οἰκοδομεῖν, i. e. (dropping the figure) to promote growth in Christian wisdom, affection, grace, virtue, holiness, blessedness: absolutely, Acts 20:32 L T Tr WH; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 10:23; τινα, 1 Corinthians 14:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; passive to grow in wisdom, piety, etc., Acts 9:31; 1 Corinthians 14:17; universally, to give one strength and courage, dispose to: εἰς τήν πίστιν, Polycarp, ad Philip. 3, 2 [ET] (yet here to be built up into (in) etc.); even to do what is wrong (A. V. embolden), εἰς τό τά εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν, 1 Corinthians 8:10 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 3 N. 3). This metaphorical use of the verb Paul, in the opinion of Fritzsche (Ep. ad Romans, iii., p. 205f), did not derive from the figure, of building a temple, but from the O. T., where "בָּנָה and הָרַס with an accusative of the person (to build one up and to pull one down) denote to bless and to ruin; to prosper and to injure, anyone"; cf. Psalm 27:5 (Ps. 28:5); Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 40:7 (Jer. 33:7). (Compare: ἀνοικοδομέω, ἐποικοδομέω, συνοικοδομέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
8:20
Psalms
27:5; 28:5; 118
Jeremiah
24:6; 33:7; 40:7
Ezekiel
16:24
Matthew
7:24; 7:26; 16:18; 21:33; 21:42; 23:29; 26:61; 27:40
Mark
12:1; 12:10; 14:58; 15:29
Luke
4:29; 6:48; 6:48; 6:48; 6:49; 7:5; 11:47; 11:48; 12:18; 14:28; 14:30; 17:28; 20:17
John
2:20; 2:20
Acts
4:11; 7:47; 7:47; 7:49; 9:31; 20:32
Romans
15:20
1 Corinthians
3:9; 3:16; 8:1; 8:10; 10:23; 14:4; 14:17
2 Corinthians
6:16
Galatians
2:18
Ephesians
2:21
1 Thessalonians
5:11
1 Peter
2:5; 2:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3618 matches the Greek οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 -

“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - “And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish (stupid) man who built his house on the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - “And I say to you that you are [fn]Peter, and on this [fn]rock I will build My church; and the [fn]gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 -

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 -

Jesus asked them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

‘THE [very] [fn]STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED and THREW AWAY,

HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE;

THIS IS THE LORD’S DOING,

AND IT IS MARVELOUS and WONDERFUL IN OUR EYES’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 -

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - and testified, “This man said, ‘[fn]I am able to [fn]tear down the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and they said [tauntingly], “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself [from death]! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 -

Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A [fn]WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A PIT FOR THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - “Have you not even read this Scripture:

‘THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REGARDED AS UNWORTHY and REJECTED,

THIS [very stone] HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple (sanctuary) that was made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - Those who were passing by were insulting Him with abusive and insolent language, wagging their heads [as a sign of contempt], and saying, “Ha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in [only] three days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to hurl Him down the cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like a [far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and yet could not shake it, because it had been securely built and founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - “But the one who has [merely] heard and has not practiced [what I say], is like a [foolish] man who built a house on the ground without any foundation, and the torrent burst against it; and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - because he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you! For you repair or build [fn]tombs for the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers, because they [actually] killed them, and you repair or build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 - Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my storehouses and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - “For which one of you, when he wants to build a watchtower [for his guards], does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - “It was the same as it was in the days of Lot. People were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building [carrying on business as usual, without regard for their sins];

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written:

‘THE [very] STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,

THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - Then the Jews replied, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and You will raise it up in three days?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - “This Jesus is the STONE WHICH WAS DESPISED and REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE [fn]CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 - “But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE,

AND THE EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL FOR MY FEET;

WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord,

‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 -

So the church throughout Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace [without persecution], being built up [in wisdom, virtue, and faith]; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort and encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to grow [in numbers].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 - “And now I commend you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to the word of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His grace is able to build you up and to give you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are sanctified [that is, among those who are set apart for God’s purpose—all believers].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - Accordingly I set a goal to preach the gospel, not where Christ’s name was already known, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 -

Now about food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge [concerning this]. Knowledge [alone] makes [people self-righteously] arrogant, but love [that unselfishly seeks the best for others] builds up and encourages others to grow [in wisdom].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if someone sees you, a person having [fn]knowledge, [fn]eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 -

All things are lawful [that is, morally legitimate, permissible], but not all things are beneficial or advantageous. All things are lawful, but not all things are constructive [to character] and edifying [to spiritual life].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church [promotes growth in spiritual wisdom, devotion, holiness, and joy].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - You are giving thanks well enough [in a way that God is glorified], but the other person [who does not understand you] is not edified [and spiritually strengthened since he cannot join in your thanksgiving].

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - “For if I [or anyone else should] rebuild [through word or by practice] what I once tore down [the belief that observing the Law is essential for salvation], I prove myself to be a transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Therefore encourage and comfort one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - You [believers], like living stones, are [fn]being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 -

This precious value, then, is for you who believe [in Him as God’s only Son—the Source of salvation]; but for those who disbelieve,

“THE [very] STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED

HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE,”

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