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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)
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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 - Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁμοιώσω αὐτὸν ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησεν G3618 τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν·
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - καὶ πᾶς ἀκούων μου τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ μὴ ποιῶν αὐτοὺς ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ μωρῷ ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησεν G3618 τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον·
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω G3618 μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε Ἄνθρωπος τις ἦν οἰκοδεσπότης ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα καὶ φραγμὸν αὐτῷ περιέθηκεν καὶ ὤρυξεν ἐν αὐτῷ ληνὸν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν G3618 πύργον καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - λέγει αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες G3618 οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας· παρὰ κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη καὶ ἔστιν θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι οἰκοδομεῖτε G3618 τοὺς τάφους τῶν προφητῶν καὶ κοσμεῖτε τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν δικαίων
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - εἶπον, Οὗτος ἔφη Δύναμαι καταλῦσαι τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν οἰκοδομῆσαι G3618 αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - καὶ λέγοντες καταλύων τὸν ναὸν καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις οἰκοδομῶν G3618 σῶσον σεαυτόν, εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ κατάβηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ σταυροῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λέγεῖν, Ἀμπελῶνα ἐφύτευσεν ἄνθρωπος καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν G3618 πύργον καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - οὐδὲ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἀνέγνωτε Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες G3618 οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας·
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - ὅτι Ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἐγὼ καταλύσω τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον τὸν χειροποίητον καὶ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν ἄλλον ἀχειροποίητον οἰκοδομήσω G3618
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - Καὶ οἱ παραπορευόμενοι ἐβλασφήμουν αὐτὸν κινοῦντες τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ λέγοντες Οὐὰ καταλύων τὸν ναὸν καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις οἰκοδομῶν G3618
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - καὶ ἀναστάντες ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἕως τῆς ὀφρύος τοῦ ὄρους ἐφ᾽ οὗ πόλις αὐτῶν ᾠκοδόμητο G3618 εἰς τὸ κατακρημνίσαι αὐτόν·
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομοῦντι G3618 οἰκίαν ὃς ἔσκαψεν καὶ ἐβάθυνεν καὶ ἔθηκεν θεμέλιον ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν· πλημμύρας δὲ γενομένης προσέρρηξεν ποταμὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν σαλεῦσαι αὐτὴν τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν·
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - δὲ ἀκούσας καὶ μὴ ποιήσας ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομήσαντι G3618 οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν χωρὶς θεμελίου προσέρρηξεν ποταμός καὶ εὐθὲως ἔπεσεν καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆγμα τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης μέγα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - ἀγαπᾷ γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν συναγωγὴν αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν G3618 ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - οὐαὶ ὑμῖν ὅτι οἰκοδομεῖτε G3618 τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν προφητῶν οἱ δὲ πατέρες ὑμῶν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - ἄρα μάρτυρεῖτε καὶ συνευδοκεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀπέκτειναν αὐτοὺς ὑμεῖς δὲ οἰκοδομεῖτε G3618 αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 - καὶ εἶπεν Τοῦτο ποιήσω καθελῶ μου τὰς ἀποθήκας καὶ μείζονας οἰκοδομήσω G3618 καὶ συνάξω ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ γενήματά μου καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - τίς γὰρ ἐξ ὑμῶν θέλων πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι G3618 οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας ψηφίζει τὴν δαπάνην εἰ ἔχει τὰ πρὸς ἀπαρτισμόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - λέγοντες ὅτι Οὗτος ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν G3618 καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - ὁμοίως καὶ ὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Λώτ· ἤσθιον ἔπινον ἠγόραζον ἐπώλουν ἐφύτευον ᾠκοδόμουν· G3618
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν Τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο· Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες G3618 οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν ᾠκοδομήθη G3618 ναὸς οὗτος καὶ σὺ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερεῖς αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - οὗτός ἐστιν λίθος ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδόμούντων, G3618 γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 - Σολομῶν δὲ ὠκοδόμησεν G3618 αὐτῷ οἶκον
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - οὐρανός μοι θρόνος δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου· ποῖον οἶκον οἰκοδομήσετέ G3618 μοι λέγει κύριος τίς τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - Αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησίαι καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχον εἰρήνην οἰκοδομουμέναι G3618 καὶ πορευομέναι τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνοντο
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - οὕτως δὲ φιλοτιμούμενον εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός ἵνα μὴ ἐπ᾽ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰκοδομῶ G3618
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντες γνῶσιν ἔχομεν γνῶσις φυσιοῖ δὲ ἀγάπη οἰκοδομεῖ· G3618
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σὲ τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον οὐχὶ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται G3618 εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει· πάντα μοί ἔξεστιν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα οἰκοδομεῖ G3618
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - λαλῶν γλώσσῃ ἑαυτὸν οἰκοδομεῖ· G3618 δὲ προφητεύων ἐκκλησίαν οἰκοδομεῖ G3618
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - σὺ μὲν γὰρ καλῶς εὐχαριστεῖς ἀλλ᾽ ἕτερος οὐκ οἰκοδομεῖται G3618
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - εἰ γὰρ κατέλυσα ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ G3618 παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Διὸ παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους καὶ οἰκοδομεῖτε G3618 εἷς τὸν ἕνα καθὼς καὶ ποιεῖτε
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡς λίθοι ζῶντες οἰκοδομεῖσθε G3618 οἶκος πνευματικὸς ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον ἀνενέγκαι πνευματικὰς θυσίας εὐπροσδέκτους τῷ θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - ὑμῖν οὖν τιμὴ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἀπειθοῦσιν δὲ Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες G3618 οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας
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