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Lexicon :: Strong's G3619 - oikodomē

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οἰκοδομή
Transliteration
oikodomē (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kod-om-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine (abstract) of a compound of οἶκος (G3624) and the base of δῶμα (G1430)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:144,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκοδομή oikodomḗ, oy-kod-om-ay'; feminine (abstract) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation:—building, edify(-ication, -ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G3619 in the following manner: edifying (7x), building (6x), edification (4x), wherewith (one) may edify (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G3619 in the following manner: edifying (7x), building (6x), edification (4x), wherewith (one) may edify (1x).

  1. (the act of) building, building up

  2. metaph. edifying, edification

    1. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness

  3. a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκοδομή oikodomḗ, oy-kod-om-ay'; feminine (abstract) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation:—building, edify(-ication, -ing).
STRONGS G3619:
οἰκοδομή, οἰκοδομῆς, ἡ (οἶκος, and δέμω to build), a later Greek word, condemned by Phryn., yet used by Aristotle, Theophrastus, ((but both these thought to be doubtful)), Diodorus (1, 46), Philo (vit. Moys. i. § 40; de monarch. ii. § 2), Josephus, Plutarch, the Sept., and many others, for οἰκοδόμημα and οἰκοδόμησις; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 481ff, cf. p. 421; (Winer's Grammar, 24);
1. (the act of) building, building up, equivalent to τό οἰκοδομεῖν; as, τῶν τειχέων, 1 Macc. 16:23; τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Chronicles 26:27; in the N. T. metaphorically, "edifying, edification, i. e. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, holiness, happiness" (see οἰκοδομέω, b. β'. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34))): Romans 14:19; Romans 15:2; (1 Corinthians 14:26); 2 Corinthians 10:8 (see below); 2 Corinthians 13:10; Ephesians 4:29; with a genitive of the person whose growth is furthered, ὑμῶν, 2 Corinthians 12:19 (cf. 10:8); ἑαυτοῦ (Tdf. αὐτοῦ), Ephesians 4:16; τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 4:12; τῆς ἐκκλησίας, 1 Corinthians 14:12; equivalent to τό ὀικοδομουν, what contributes to edification, or augments wisdom, etc. λαλεῖν, λαβεῖν, οἰκοδομήν, 1 Corinthians 14:3, 5.
2. equivalent to οἰκοδόμημα, a building (i. e. thing built, edifice): Mark 13:1f; τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Matthew 24:1; used of the heavenly body, the abode of the soul after death, 2 Corinthians 5:1; tropically, of a body of Christians, a Christian church (see οἰκοδομέω, b. β'.), Ephesians 2:21 (cf. πᾶς, I. 1 c.); with a genitive of the owner or occupant, Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 3:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
26:27
Matthew
24:1
Mark
13:1
Romans
14:19; 15:2
1 Corinthians
3:9; 14:3; 14:5; 14:12; 14:26
2 Corinthians
5:1; 10:8; 12:19; 13:10
Ephesians
2:21; 4:12; 4:16; 4:29

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Strong's Number G3619 matches the Greek οἰκοδομή (oikodomē),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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