Gloss
to build, build up, rebuild, a physical edifice; by extension: to edify, strengthen, develop another person's life through acts and words of love and encouragement
Forms of the word
Dictionary
οἰκοδομέω
Greek transliteration
oikodomeō
Simplified transliteration
oikodomeo
Principal Parts
(ᾠκοδόμουν), οἰκοδομήσω, ὠ/κοδόμησα, -, ᾠκοδόμημαι <χστψλε:ΕνγλισηΙνΠΠ>ορ<χστψλε:> ὠ/κοδόμημαι, ὠ/jκοδομήθ
Numbers
Strong's number
3618
GK Number
3868
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
40
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Definition
pluperfect, ῳκοδόμητο (3 sg), to build a house; to build, Mt. 7:24; to repair, embellish, and amplify a building, Mt. 23:29; to construct, establish, Mt. 16:18; met. to contribute to advancement in religious knowledge, to edify, 1 Cor. 14:4, 17; to advance a person's spiritual condition, to edify, 1 Cor. 8:1; pass. to make spiritual advancement, be edified, Acts 9:31; to advance in presumption, 1 Cor. 8:10
Greek-English Concordance for οἰκοδομέω
| Acts 7:49 | ‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What sort of house will you build (oikodomēsete | οἰκοδομήσετε | fut act ind 2 pl) for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? |
| Acts 9:31 | So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built (oikodomoumenē | οἰκοδομουμένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number. |
| Acts 20:32 | And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build (oikodomēsai | οἰκοδομῆσαι | aor act inf ) you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. |
| Romans 15:20 | And thus I have always made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was known, lest I (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) should (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) build (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) on someone else’s foundation; |
| 1 Corinthians 8:1 | Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg). |
| 1 Corinthians 8:10 | For if someone should see you who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will (oikodomēthēsetai | οἰκοδομηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened (oikodomēthēsetai | οἰκοδομηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) to eat food sacrificed to idols? |
| 1 Corinthians 10:23 | “All things are permissible,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are permissible,” but not all things build up (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg). |
| 1 Corinthians 14:4 | The one who speaks in a tongue edifies (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) himself, but the one who prophesies edifies (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the church. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:17 | For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is (oikodomeitai | οἰκοδομεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not being edified (oikodomeitai | οἰκοδομεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg). |
| Galatians 2:18 | But if I (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) build (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) up (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) again those things I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a lawbreaker. |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:11 | Therefore encourage one another and build (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) one another up (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl), as indeed you are doing. |
| 1 Peter 2:5 | you also, like living stones, are being built up (oikodomeisthe | οἰκοδομεῖσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders (oikodomountes | οἰκοδομοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” |
