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GreekG3618Verb

οἰκοδομέω

oikodomeō

38Occurrences
G3618Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm

from the same as G3619 (οἰκοδομή);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to build a house, to build: absol. ; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, the builders (בָּנָה), " (LXX) ; ἐ π ̓ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰ., proverb.; πύργον),; ἀποθήκας; ναόν; pass.; οἰκία; accusative ; *πόλιν ἐπ *̓ ὄρους; of rebuilding, or restoring, Metaphorical, ἐκκλησίαν; of the growth of Christian character, to build up (AV, edify): absol.; pass.; of blameworthy action (AV, embolden).† οἰκο-δόμος, -ου, ὁ (*οἶκος *+ δέμω, to build), [in LXX for בָּנָה, etc. ;] a builder.
LXX: chiefly for בָּנָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

οἰκοδομέω appears 38 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
11
Matthew
8
1 Corinthians
5
Acts
4
Mark
4
1 Peter
2
1 Thessalonians
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:23BSB

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

1 Thessalonians 5:11BSB

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Luke 11:47BSB

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 4:29BSB

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

Matthew 23:29BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.