Word

οἰκοδομή

oikodomḗ · G3619 · Greek · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

building, structure

Any type of building or structure which encloses an area, but the area may be open to the sky, as in the case of amphitheaters

Examples
Matthew 24:1 Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.
Mark 13:1 As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”
Mark 13:2 And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
to build up, to construct, construction

The construction of something, with focus on the event of building up or on the result of such an event

Examples
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
Ephesians 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;
to strengthen, to make more able, to build up

To increase the potential of someone or something, with focus upon the process involved

Examples
Romans 14:19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
Romans 15:2 Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
1 Corinthians 14:3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification, exhortation, and consolation.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 7 groups

ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
θεόςGod 1
ἱερόνtemple 1
σύyou 1
σῶμαbody 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 3 groups

μέγαςgreat, large 1
οὗτοςthis 1
ποταπόςwhat sort of 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
οἰκίαhouse, home, dwelling 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

συναρμολογέωto fit together 1
αὐξάνωto grow, to increase 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

διώκωto persecute, to pursue 1
ἐπιδείκνυμιto show 1
ἔχωto have 1
λαλέωto speak 1
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
βλέπωto see 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

πᾶςall, every, each 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

πρόςto, toward, with 6
εἰςto 5
ὑπέρfor 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὁthe (definite article) 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 3 entries

To build up, to construct, construction42.34: Describing the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 3:9 states “we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building,” where “building” renders this noun for that which is being constructed.
Building, structure7.1: Admiring the temple, Mark 13:1 states one of Jesus' disciples said, “Teacher, look! What wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” where “buildings” renders this same noun in its ordinary concrete sense of physical structures.
To strengthen, to make more able, to build up74.15: Describing the purpose of prophecy, 1 Corinthians 14:3 states “the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification, exhortation, and consolation,” where “edification” renders this same noun, here in its figurative sense of strengthening believers.

Word family 35 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

οἶκος oîkos · G3624 · house, temple, sanctuary · 114×οἰκία oikía · G3614 · house, home, dwelling · 94×κατοικέω katoikéō · G2730 · to live, to dwell, to reside · 45×οἰκοδομέω oikodoméō · G3618 · to build, to construct, to strengthen · 41×οἰκοδομήoikodomḗ · G3619οἰκουμένη oikouménē · G3625 · earth, world, empire · 15×οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespótēs · G3617 · master of the household · 12×οἰκονόμος oikonómos · G3623 · manager of a household, steward, one who is in charge of · 10×οἰκονομία oikonomía · G3622 · task, commission, responsibility · 9×οἰκέω oikéō · G3611 · to live, to dwell, to be in · 8×ἐποικοδομέω epoikodoméō · G2026 · to build upon, to strengthen, to make more able · 7×ἐνοικέω enoikéō · G1774 · to be in, to live in, to dwell in · 6×μετοικεσία metoikesía · G3350 · deportation · 4×οἰκέτης oikétēs · G3610 · house servant, household servant, personal servant · 4×πάροικος pároikos · G3941 · alien, stranger, temporary resident · 4×οἰκεῖος oikeîos · G3609 · member of a family, relative · 3×ἀνοικοδομέω anoikodoméō · G456 · to rebuild, to restore · 2×κατοικητήριον katoikētḗrion · G2732 · dwelling place, dwelling · 2×μετοικίζω metoikízō · G3351 · to resettle, to move to another place, to deport · 2×οἰκητήριον oikētḗrion · G3613 · dwelling place, home · 2×οἰκιακός oikiakós · G3615 · member of a family, relative · 2×παροικέω paroikéō · G3939 · to dwell temporarily, to be a foreigner, to sojourn · 2×παροικία paroikía · G3940 · time of residence, stay · 2×ἐγκατοικέω enkatoikéō · G1460 · to live among, to dwell among · 1×κατοίκησις katoíkēsis · G2731 · dwelling place, dwelling · 1×οἴκημα oíkēma · G3612 · room, quarters · 1×οἰκοδεσποτέω oikodespotéō · G3616 · to direct a household, to manage a home · 1×οἰκονομέω oikonoméō · G3621 · to manage a household, to run a household, to be in charge of a household · 1×οἰκουρός oikourós · G3626 · one who takes care of the home, homemaker · 1×πανοικί panoikí · G3832 · together with an entire household · 1×περιοικέω perioikéō · G4039 · to live all around, to be neighbors, to live nearby · 1×περίοικος períoikos · G4040 · neighbor, brother · 1×συνοικέω synoikéō · G4924 · to live with, to conduct oneself with · 1×συνοικοδομέω synoikodoméō · G4925 · to be built together · 1×οἰκοδομία oikodomía · G3620 · confirmation · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon οἰκοδομῆς, ἡ (οἶκος, and δέμω to build), a later Greek word, condemned by Phryn., yet…

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 Chr 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))): Rom 14:19; Rom 15:2; (1 Cor 14:26); 2 Cor 10:8 (see below); ; Eph 4:29; with a genitive of the person whose growth is furthered, ὑμῶν, 2 Cor 12:19 (cf. 10:8); ἑαυτοῦ (Tdf. αὐτοῦ), Eph 4:16; τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Eph 4:12; τῆς ἐκκλησίας, 1 Cor 14:12; equivalent to τό ὀικοδομουν, what contributes to edification, or augments wisdom, etc. λαλεῖν, λαβεῖν, οἰκοδομήν, 1 Cor 14:3, 1 Cor 14:5.
2. equivalent to οἰκοδόμημα, a building (i. e. thing built, edifice): Mk 13:1f; τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Mt 24:1; used of the heavenly body, the abode of the soul after death, 2 Cor 5:1; tropically, of a body of Christians, a Christian church (see οἰκοδομέω, b. β'.), Eph 2:21 (cf. πᾶς, I. 1 c.); with a genitive of the owner or occupant, Θεοῦ, 1 Cor 3:9.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Constructions [General Meaning]4 occurrences Make, Create5 occurrences Able, Capable9 occurrences

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