Strong's Concordance oikodomé: (the act of) building, a building Original Word: οἰκοδομή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: oikodomé Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-om-ay') Short Definition: the act of building, a building, edification Definition: (a) the act of building, (b) a building, (c) met: spiritual advancement, edification. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3619 oikodomḗ – properly, a building (edifice) serving as a home; (figuratively) constructive criticism and instruction that builds a person up to be the suitable dwelling place of God, i.e. where the Lord is "at home." See 3618 (oikodemeō). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3619: οἰκοδομήοἰκοδομή, 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. 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. Feminine (abstract) of a compound of oikos and the base of doma; architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation -- building, edify(-ication, -ing). see GREEK oikos see GREEK doma Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 361918 Occurrences οἰκοδομαί — 1 Occ. οἰκοδομὰς — 2 Occ. οἰκοδομή — 2 Occ. οἰκοδομήν — 11 Occ. οἰκοδομῆς — 2 Occ. Matthew 24:1 N-AFP GRK: αὐτῷ τὰς οἰκοδομὰς τοῦ ἱεροῦ NAS: out the temple buildings to Him. KJV: him the buildings of the temple. INT: to him the buildings of the temple Mark 13:1 N-NFP Mark 13:2 N-AFP Romans 14:19 N-GFS Romans 15:2 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 3:9 N-NFS 1 Corinthians 14:3 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 14:5 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 14:12 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 14:26 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 5:1 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 10:8 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 12:19 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 13:10 N-AFS Ephesians 2:21 N-NFS Ephesians 4:12 N-AFS Ephesians 4:16 N-AFS Ephesians 4:29 N-AFS |
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