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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3618 Greek: oikodomeo

Build, Builder, Building:

lit., "to build a house" (oikos, "a house," domeo, "to build"), hence, to build anything, e.g., Mat 7:24; Luk 4:29; 6:48, RV, "well builded" (last clause of verse); Jhn 2:20; is frequently used figuratively, e.g., Act 20:32 (some mss. have No. 3 here); Gal 2:18; especially of edifying, Act 9:31; Rom 15:20; 1Cr 10:23; 14:4; 1Th 5:11 (RV). In 1Cr 8:10 it is translated "emboldened" (marg., "builded up"). The participle with the article (equivalent to a noun) is rendered "builder," Mat 21:42; Act 4:11; 1Pe 2:7.
See EDIFY, EMBOLDEN.

A-2 Verb Strong's Number: g456 Greek: anoikodomeo

Build, Builder, Building:

signifies "to build again" (ana, "again"), Act 15:16.

A-3 Verb Strong's Number: g2026 Greek: epoikodomeo

Build, Builder, Building:

signifies "to build upon" (epi, "upon"), 1Cr 3:10, 12, 14; Eph 2:20; Jud 1:20; or up, Act 20:32; Col 2:7.

A-4 Verb Strong's Number: g4925 Greek: sunoikodomeo

Build, Builder, Building:

"to build together" (sun, "with"), is used in Eph 2:22, metaphorically, of the Church, as a spiritual dwelling-place for God.

A-5 Verb Strong's Number: g2680 Greek: kataskeuazo

Build, Builder, Building:

"to prepare, establish, furnish," is rendered "builded" and "built" in Hbr 3:3, 4.
See MAKE, ORDAIN, PREPARE.

B-1 Noun Strong's Number: g3619 Greek: oikodome

Build, Builder, Building:

"a building, or edification" (see A, No. 1), is used

(a) literally, e.g., Mat 24:1; Mar 13:1, 2;

(b) figuratively, e.g., Rom 14:19 (lit., "the things of building up"); 15:2; of a local church as a spiritual building, 1Cr 3:9, or the whole Church, the Body of Christ, Eph 2:21. It expresses the strengthening effect of teaching, 1Cr 14:3, 5, 12, 26; 2Cr 10:8; 12:19; 13:10, or other ministry, Eph 4:12, 16, 29 (the idea conveyed is progress resulting from patient effort). It is also used of the believer's resurrection body, 2Cr 5:1.
See EDIFICATION, EDIFY.

B-2 Noun Strong's Number: g1739 Greek: endomesis

Build, Builder, Building:

"a thing built, structure" (en, "in," domao, "to build"), is used of the wall of the heavenly city, Rev 21:18 (some suggest that the word means "a fabric;" others, "a roofing or coping;" these interpretations are questionable; the probable significance is "a building").

B-3 Noun Strong's Number: g2937 Greek: ktisis

Build, Builder, Building:

"a creation," is so translated in the RV of Hbr 9:11 (AV "building,")
See CREATION, B, No. 1, CREATURE, ORDINANCE.

B-4 Noun Strong's Number: g5079 Greek: technites

Build, Builder, Building:

"an artificer, one who does a thing by rules of art," is rendered "builder" in Hbr 11:10, marg., "architect," which gives the necessary contrast between this and the next noun in the verse.
See CRAFTSMAN, No. 2.

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