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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3619 matches the Greek οἰκοδομή (oikodomē),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:1 - And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings G3619 of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings G3619 are here!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? G3619 there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify G3619 another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:2 - Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. G3619

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:9 - For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. G3619

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:3 - But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, G3619 and exhortation, and comfort.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. G3619

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:12 - Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying G3619 of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:26 - How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. G3619

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building G3619 of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:8 - For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, G3619 and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:19 - Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. G3619

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10 - Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, G3619 and not to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21 - In whom all the building G3619 fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:12 - For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying G3619 of the body of Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying G3619 of itself in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, G3619 that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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