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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - *We* heard him saying, *I* will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; but a great rain coming, the stream broke upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build their sepulchres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 - And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 - but Solomon built him a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - All things are lawful, but all are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all do not edify.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - For *thou* indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - For if the things I have thrown down, these I build again, I constitute myself a transgressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner,
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