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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 354 times in 330 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 2:22–Jdg 1:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - Moses built an altar, and he called it "The LORD is my Banner,"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - and Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones - according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow will be a feast to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 - Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:34 - The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 - Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you - a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12 - When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops, "Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, "Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother's family line!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - Then you must build an altar there to the LORD your God, an altar of stones - do not use an iron tool on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:6 - You must build the altar of the LORD your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the LORD. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:30 - Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - As the LORD had instructed, they gave him the city he requested - Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42 - Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - The Israelites received this report: "Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - "The entire community of the LORD says, 'Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - But if your own land is impure, cross over to the LORD's own land, where the LORD himself lives, and settle down among us. But don't rebel against the LORD or us by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:23 - If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 - So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD by turning back today from following after the LORD by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace aside from the altar of the LORD our God located in front of his dwelling place!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

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