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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 rib, and he brought her to the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From there he expanded his territory to Assyria,[fn] building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[fn]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the LORD, and he worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid 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 set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the LORD is my banner”).

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:27 - Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:
“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt!
Let the city of Sihon be restored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:1 - Then Balaam said to King Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:29 - Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - But they approached Moses and said, “We simply want to build pens for our livestock and fortified towns for our wives and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:34 - The descendants of Gad built the towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:37 - The descendants of Reuben built the towns of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:38 - Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 - “The LORD your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12 - For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - “When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - “Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, using natural, uncut stones. You must not shape the stones with an iron tool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:6 - Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings 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, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house, but someone else will live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will never enjoy its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua invoked this curse:
“May the curse of the LORD fall on anyone
who tries to rebuild the town of Jericho.
At the cost of his firstborn son,
he will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son,
he will set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - For the LORD had said he could have any town he wanted. He chose Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and lived there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:42 - Every one of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Geliloth[fn] near the Jordan River, the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh stopped to build a large and imposing altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole community of the LORD demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the LORD and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD’s land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true 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 away from the LORD or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the LORD himself punish us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 - “So we decided to build the altar, not for burnt offerings or 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 or turn away from him by building our own altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices. Only the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of the Tabernacle may be used for that purpose.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:26 - Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

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