οἰκοδομέω

οἰκοδομῶ; imperfect ᾠκοδόμουν; future οἰκοδομήσω; 1 aorist ᾠκοδόμησα (ὀικοδόμησα Tr WH in Acts 7:47; see Tdf. at the passage; Proleg., p. 120; WHs Appendix, p. 161; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 153; Winers Grammar, § 12, 4; Buttmann, 34 (30)); passive (present ὀικοδομοῦμαι (infinitive οἰκοδομεῖσθαι, Lk 6:48 Treg.); perfect infinitive οἰκοδομῆσθαι (Lk 6:48 T WH)); pluperfect 3 person singular ᾠκοδόμητο; 1 aorist ὠκοδομήθην (ὀικοδομήθην, T WH in Jn 2:20); 1 future ὀικοδομηθήσομαι; (οἰκοδόμος, which see); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for בָּנָה; to build a house. erect a building;
a. properly, α. to build (up from the foundation): absolutely, Lk 11:48 G T WH Tr text Lk 14:30; ; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, a substantive, the builders (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 7; Buttmann, § 144, 11), Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 20:17; Acts 4:11 Rec.; 1 Pet 2:7, from Psalm 117:22 (Ps. 118>); ἐπ' ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον, to build upon a foundation laid by others, i. e. (without a figure) to carry on instruction begun by others, Rom 15:20; οἰκοδομεῖν τί, Gal 2:18; πύργον, Mt 21:33; Mk 12:1; Lk 14:28; ἀποθήκας, Lk 12:18; ναόν, Mk 14:58; passive Jn 2:20 (on the aorist cf. 2 Esdr. 5:16); οἶκον, passive, 1 Pet 2:5 ((here T ἐποικον), cf. Winer's Grammar, 603 (561), and add ὀικούργειν τά κατά τόν οἶκον, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1, 3 [ET]); (οἰκίαν, Lk 6:48 (cf. Winer's Grammar, the passage cited)); συναγωγήν or οἶκον τίνι, for the use of or in honor of one, Lk 7:5; Acts 7:47, Acts 7:49 (Gen 8:20; Ezek 16:24); οἰκίαν ἐπί τί, Mt 7:24, Mt 7:26; Lk 6:49; πόλιν ἐπ' ὄρους, Lk 4:29. β. contextually equivalent to to restore by building, to rebuild, repair: τί, Mt 23:29; Mt 26:61; Mt 27:40; Mk 15:29; Lk 11:47 and R (L brackets Tr marginal reading) in 48.
b. metaphorically, α. equivalent to to found: ἐπί ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρα οἰκοδομήσω μου τήν ἐκκλησίαν, i. e. by reason of the strength of thy faith thou shalt be my principal support in the establishment of my church, Mt 16:18. β. Since both a Christian church and individual Christians are likened to a building or temple in which God or the Holy Spirit dwells (1 Cor 3:9, 1 Cor 3:16ff; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:21), the erection of which temple will not be completely finished till the return of Christ from heaven, those who, by action, instruction, exhortation, comfort, promote the Christian wisdom of others and help them to live a correspondent life are regarded as taking part in the erection of that building, and hence, are said οἰκοδομεῖν, i. e. (dropping the figure) to promote growth in Christian wisdom, affection, grace, virtue, holiness, blessedness: absolutely, Acts 20:32 L T Tr WH; 1 Cor 8:1; 1 Cor 10:23; τινα, ; 1 Thess 5:11; passive to grow in wisdom, piety, etc., Acts 9:31; 1 Cor 14:17; universally, to give one strength and courage, dispose to: εἰς τήν πίστιν, Polycarp, ad Philip. 3, 2 [ET] (yet here to be built up into (in) etc.); even to do what is wrong (A. V. embolden), εἰς τό τά εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν, 1 Cor 8:10 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 3 N. 3). This metaphorical use of the verb Paul, in the opinion of Fritzsche (Ep. ad Romans, iii., p. 205f), did not derive from the figure, of building a temple, but from the O. T., where "בָּנָה and הָרַס with an accusative of the person (to build one up and to pull one down) denote to bless and to ruin; to prosper and to injure, anyone"; cf. Ps 27:5; Jer 24:6; Jer 40:7. (Compare: ἀνοικοδομέω, ἐποικοδομέω, συνοικοδομέω.)