STRONGS G3619:
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 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 Corinthians 13:10;
Ephesians 4:29; with a genitive of the person whose growth is furthered,
ὑμῶν,
2 Corinthians 12:19 (cf. 10:8);
ἑαυτοῦ (
Tdf. αὐτοῦ),
Ephesians 4:16;
τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
Ephesians 4:12;
τῆς ἐκκλησίας,
1 Corinthians 14:12; equivalent to
τό ὀικοδομουν, what contributes to edification, or augments wisdom, etc.
λαλεῖν,
λαβεῖν,
οἰκοδομήν,
1 Corinthians 14:3,
5.
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.
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