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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 41 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - I also tell you that you are Rock, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of She'ol will 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 man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Yeshua said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - "Woe to you, Sofrim and Perushim, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:61

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

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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. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the eretz without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin 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 he built our synagogue for us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 - He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough 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 wasn't able to finish.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the chief cornerstone?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - The Yehudim therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you 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 was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 - But Shlomo built him a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - 'heaven is my throne, And the eretz a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - So the assemblies throughout all Yehudah and the Galil and Shomron had shalom, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Ruach HaKodesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 - Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Messiah was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things build up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - For you therefore who believe is the honor, but for such as are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"
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