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Lexicon :: Strong's G3618 - oikodomeō

Aa
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
347x in 59 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 BoxMat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - “Therefore G3767 everyone G3956 who G3748 hears G191 these G3778 words G3056 of Mine G1473 and [fn]acts G4160 on them, [fn]may be compared G3666 to a wise G5429 man G435 who G3748 built G3618 his house G3614 on the rock. G4073

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - “Everyone G3956 who hears G191 these G3778 words G3056 of Mine G1473 and does not [fn]act G4160 on them, will be like G3666 a foolish G3474 man G435 who G3748 built G3618 his house G3614 on the sand. G285

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - “I also G2532 say G3004 to you that you are [fn]Peter, G4074 and upon this G3778 [fn]rock G4073 I will build G3618 My church; G1577 and the gates G4439 of Hades G86 will not overpower G2729 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - “Listen G191 to another G243 parable. G3850 There was a [fn]landowner G3617 who G3748 PLANTED G5452 A VINEYARD G290 AND PUT G4060 A WALL G5418 AROUND G4060 IT AND DUG G3736 A WINE G3025 PRESS G3025 IN IT, AND BUILT G3618 A TOWER G4444, and rented G1554 it out to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on a journey. G589

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to them, “Did you never G3763 read G314 in the Scriptures, G1124
‘THE STONE G3037 WHICH G3739 THE BUILDERS G3618 REJECTED G593,
THIS G3778 BECAME G1096 THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER G1137 stone;
THIS G3778 CAME G1096 ABOUT FROM THE LORD, G2962
AND IT IS MARVELOUS G2298 IN OUR EYES G3788’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “Woe G3759 to you, scribes G1122 and Pharisees, G5330 hypocrites! G5273 For you build G3618 the tombs G5028 of the prophets G4396 and adorn G2885 the monuments G3419 of the righteous, G1342

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - and said, G3004 “This G3778 man G3778 stated, G5346 ‘I am G1410 able G1410 to destroy G2647 the [fn]temple G3485 of God G2316 and to rebuild G3618 it [fn]in three G5140 days.’” G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, G3004 “You who are going to destroy G2647 the temple G3485 and rebuild G3618 it in three G5140 days, G2250 save G4982 Yourself! G4572 If G1487 You are the Son G5207 of God, G2316 come G2597 down G2597 from the cross.” G4716

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And He began G757 to speak G2980 to them in parables: G3850 “A man G444 PLANTED G5452 A VINEYARD G290 AND PUT G4060 A [fn]WALL G5418 AROUND G4060 IT, AND DUG G3736 A VAT G5276 UNDER G5276 THE WINE G5276 PRESS G5276 AND BUILT G3618 A TOWER G4444, and rented G1554 it out to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on a journey. G589

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - “Have you not even G3761 read G314 this G3778 Scripture: G1124
‘THE STONE G3037 WHICH G3739 THE BUILDERS G3618 REJECTED G593,
THIS G3778 BECAME G1096 THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER G1137 stone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - “We heard G191 Him say, G3004 ‘I will destroy G2647 this G3778 [fn]temple G3485 made G5499 with hands, G5499 and in three G5140 days G2250 I will build G3618 another G243 made G886 without G886 hands.’” G886

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - Those G3588 passing G3899 by were [fn]hurling G987 abuse G987 at Him, wagging G2795 their heads, G2776 and saying, G3004 “Ha! G3758 You who are going to destroy G2647 the temple G3485 and rebuild G3618 it in three G5140 days, G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - and they got G450 up and drove G1544 Him out of the city, G4172 and led G71 Him to the brow G3790 of the hill G3735 on which G3739 their city G4172 had been built, G3618 in order G5620 to throw G2630 Him down G2630 the cliff. G2630

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - he is like G3664 a man G444 building G3618 a house, G3614 who G3739 [fn]dug G4626 deep G900 and laid G5087 a foundation G2310 on the rock; G4073 and when a flood G4132 occurred, G1096 the [fn]torrent G4215 burst G4366 against G4366 that house G3614 and could G2480 not shake G4531 it, because G1223 it had been well G2573 built. G3618

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - “But the one who has heard G191 and has not acted G4160 accordingly, is like G3664 a man G444 who built G3618 a house G3614 on the ground G1093 without G5565 any foundation; G2310 and the [fn]torrent G4215 burst G4366 against G4366 it and immediately G2117 it collapsed, G6081 and the ruin G4485 of that house G3614 was great.” G3173

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he loves G25 our nation G1484 and it was he who built G3618 us our synagogue.” G4864

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe G3759 to you! For you build G3618 the [fn]tombs G3419 of the prophets, G4396 and it was your fathers G3962 who killed G615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - “So G686 you are witnesses G3144 and approve G4909 the deeds G2041 of your fathers; G3962 because G3754 it was they who killed G615 them, and you build G3618 their tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:18 - “Then G2532 he said, G3004 ‘This G3778 is what I will do: G4160 I will tear G2507 down G2507 my barns G596 and build G3618 larger G3173 ones, G3173 and there G1563 I will store G4863 all G3956 my grain G4621 and my goods. G18

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - “For which G5101 one of you, when he wants G2309 to build G3618 a tower, G4444 does not first G4413 sit G2523 down G2523 and calculate G5585 the cost G1160 to see if G1487 he has G2192 enough to complete G535 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:30 - saying, G3004 ‘This G3778 man G444 began G757 to build G3618 and was not able G2480 to finish.’ G1615

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - “[fn]It was the same G3668 as happened G1096 in the days G2250 of Lot: G3091 they were eating, G2068 they were drinking, G4095 they were buying, G59 they were selling, G4453 they were planting, G5452 they were building; G3618

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But [fn]Jesus looked G1689 at them and said, G3004 “What G5101 then G3767 is this G3778 that is written: G1125
‘THE STONE G3037 WHICH G3739 THE BUILDERS G3618 REJECTED G593,
THIS G3778 BECAME G1096 THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER G1137 stone’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - The Jews G2453 then G3767 said, G3004 “It took forty-six G5062 G2532 G1803 years G2094 to build G3618 this G3778 [fn]temple, G3485 and will You raise G1453 it up in three G5140 days?” G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - “[fn]He is the STONE G3037 WHICH WAS REJECTED G1848 by you, THE BUILDERS G6065, but WHICH BECAME G1096 THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER G1137 stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:47 - “But it was Solomon G4672 who built G3618 a house G3624 for Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - ‘HEAVEN G3772 IS MY THRONE G2362,
AND EARTH G1093 IS THE FOOTSTOOL G5286 OF MY FEET G4228;
WHAT G4169 KIND G4169 OF HOUSE G3624 WILL YOU BUILD G3618 FOR ME?’ says G3004 the Lord, G2962
‘OR G2228 WHAT G5101 PLACE G5117 IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE G2663?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - So G3767 the church G1577 throughout G2596 all G3650 Judea G2453 and Galilee G1056 and Samaria G4540 [fn]enjoyed G2192 peace, G1515 being built G3618 up; and going G4198 on in the fear G5401 of the Lord G2962 and in the comfort G3874 of the Holy G40 Spirit, G4151 it continued to increase. G4129

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:32 - “And now G3568 I commend G3908 you to God G2316 and to the word G3056 of His grace, G5485 which is able G1410 to build G3618 you up and to give G1325 you the inheritance G2817 among G1722 all G3956 those G3588 who are sanctified. G37

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - And thus G3779 I aspired G5389 to preach G2097 the gospel, G2097 not where G3699 Christ G5547 was already named, G3687 so G2443 that I would not build G3618 on another G245 man’s G245 foundation; G2310

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - Now G1161 concerning G4012 things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to idols, G1494 we know G6063 that we all G3956 have G2192 knowledge. G1108 Knowledge G1108 [fn]makes G5448 arrogant, G5448 but love G26 edifies. G3618

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if G1437 someone G5100 sees G3708 you, who have G2192 knowledge, G1108 dining G2621 in an idol’s G1493 temple, G1493 will not his conscience, G4893 if he is weak, G772 be strengthened G3618 to eat G2068 things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to idols? G1494

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:23 - All G3956 things G3956 are lawful, G1832 but not all G3956 things G3956 are profitable. G4851 All G3956 things G3956 are lawful, G1832 but not all G3956 things G3956 edify. G3618

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:4 - One who speaks G2980 in a tongue G1100 edifies G3618 himself; G1438 but one who prophesies G4395 edifies G3618 the church. G1577

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:17 - For you are giving G2168 thanks G2168 well G2573 enough, G2573 but the other G2087 person G2087 is not edified. G3618

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:18 - “For if G1487 I rebuild G3618 what G3739 I have once destroyed, G2647 I prove G4921 myself G1683 to be a transgressor. G3848

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:11 - Therefore G1352 [fn]encourage G3870 one G240 another G240 and build G3618 up one G1520 another, G1520 just G2531 as you also G2532 are doing. G4160

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - you also, G2532 as living G2198 stones, G3037 [fn]are being built G2026 up as a spiritual G4152 house G3624 for a holy G40 priesthood, G2406 to offer G399 up spiritual G4152 sacrifices G2378 acceptable G2144 to God G2316 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ. G5547

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - This G3588 precious G5092 value, G5092 then, G3767 is for you who believe; G4100 but for those G3588 who disbelieve, G569
“THE STONE G3037 WHICH G3739 THE BUILDERS G3618 REJECTED G593,
THIS G3778 BECAME G1096 THE VERY G2776 CORNER G1137 stone,”
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