ἐποικοδομέω
epoikodoméō · G2026 · Greek · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to build upon
To build or construct something on some specified location
Examples1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 3:12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
1 Corinthians 3:14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
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to strengthen, to make more able, to build up
To increase the potential of someone or something, with focus upon the process involved
ExamplesColossians 2:7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.
Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- ἄλλοςother, another 1
- τὶςsomeone 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- χρυσόςgold 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐπίon+ θεμέλιοςfoundation 2
- ἐνin+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πῶςhow? by what means? 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔργονwork, deed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To build upon45.5
- In 1 Corinthians 3:10, Paul writes that as a wise master builder he laid a foundation, “and another is building upon it,” the literal sense of constructing on top of an existing foundation.
- To strengthen, to make more able, to build up74.15
- In Jude 1:20, believers are urged to keep “building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,” the figurative sense of strengthening and making more able.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐποικοδόμω; 1 aorist ἐπωκοδόμησα, and without augment ἐποικοδόμησα (1 Cor 3:14 T Tr WH;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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