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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 39 times in 38 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 -

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 -

“But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 -

“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 -

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 -

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

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.[fn]

This is what the Lord has done

and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 -

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 -

stated, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 -

and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 -

He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 -

“Haven’t you read this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 -

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another not made by hands.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 -

Those who passed by were yelling insults at[fn] him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 -

They got up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl him over the cliff.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 -

“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 -

“But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 -

“because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 -

“Woe to you! You build tombs[fn] for the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 -

“Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve[fn] the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 -

“I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 -

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 -

“saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 -

“It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 -

But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:[fn]

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone?

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 -

Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build,[fn] and will you raise it up in three days? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 -

“This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,

which has become the cornerstone.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 -

“It was Solomon, rather, who built him a house,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth my footstool.

What sort of house will you build for me?

says the Lord,

or what will be my resting place?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 -

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 -

My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 -

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 -

For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged[fn] to eat food offered to idols?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 -

“Everything is permissible,”[fn] but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,”[fn] but not everything builds up.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 -

The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 -

For you may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not being built up.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 -

If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 -

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 -

you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood[fn] to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 -

So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving,

The stone that the builders rejected —

this one has become the cornerstone,

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