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Lexicon :: Strong's G3619 - oikodomē

Aa
οἰκοδομή
Transliteration
oikodomē (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kod-om-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine (abstract) of a compound of οἶκος (G3624) and the base of δῶμα (G1430)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:144,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκοδομή oikodomḗ, oy-kod-om-ay'; feminine (abstract) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation:—building, edify(-ication, -ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G3619 in the following manner: edifying (7x), building (6x), edification (4x), wherewith (one) may edify (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G3619 in the following manner: edifying (7x), building (6x), edification (4x), wherewith (one) may edify (1x).

  1. (the act of) building, building up

  2. metaph. edifying, edification

    1. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness

  3. a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκοδομή oikodomḗ, oy-kod-om-ay'; feminine (abstract) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation:—building, edify(-ication, -ing).
STRONGS G3619:
οἰκοδομή, οἰκοδομῆς, ἡ (οἶκος, and δέμω to build), a later Greek word, condemned by Phryn., yet used by Aristotle, Theophrastus, ((but both these thought to be doubtful)), Diodorus (1, 46), Philo (vit. Moys. i. § 40; de monarch. ii. § 2), Josephus, Plutarch, the Sept., and many others, for οἰκοδόμημα and οἰκοδόμησις; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 481ff, cf. p. 421; (Winer's Grammar, 24);
1. (the act of) building, building up, equivalent to τό οἰκοδομεῖν; as, τῶν τειχέων, 1 Macc. 16:23; τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Chronicles 26:27; in the N. T. metaphorically, "edifying, edification, i. e. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, holiness, happiness" (see οἰκοδομέω, b. β'. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 35 (34))): Romans 14:19; Romans 15:2; (1 Corinthians 14:26); 2 Corinthians 10:8 (see below); 2 Corinthians 13:10; Ephesians 4:29; with a genitive of the person whose growth is furthered, ὑμῶν, 2 Corinthians 12:19 (cf. 10:8); ἑαυτοῦ (Tdf. αὐτοῦ), Ephesians 4:16; τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 4:12; τῆς ἐκκλησίας, 1 Corinthians 14:12; equivalent to τό ὀικοδομουν, what contributes to edification, or augments wisdom, etc. λαλεῖν, λαβεῖν, οἰκοδομήν, 1 Corinthians 14:3, 5.
2. equivalent to οἰκοδόμημα, a building (i. e. thing built, edifice): Mark 13:1f; τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Matthew 24:1; used of the heavenly body, the abode of the soul after death, 2 Corinthians 5:1; tropically, of a body of Christians, a Christian church (see οἰκοδομέω, b. β'.), Ephesians 2:21 (cf. πᾶς, I. 1 c.); with a genitive of the owner or occupant, Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 3:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
26:27
Matthew
24:1
Mark
13:1
Romans
14:19; 15:2
1 Corinthians
3:9; 14:3; 14:5; 14:12; 14:26
2 Corinthians
5:1; 10:8; 12:19; 13:10
Ephesians
2:21; 4:12; 4:16; 4:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3619 matches the Greek οἰκοδομή (oikodomē),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:1 - And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19 - So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:2 - Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:9 - For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:3 - But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:5 - Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:12 - So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:26 - What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:1 - For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:8 - For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:19 - It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:10 - For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:21 - In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:12 - For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:29 - Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
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