οἰκοδομή

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.