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Strong's G3618 · Greek

οἰκοδομέω


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

οἰκοδομέω (G3618)

40 οἰκοδομέω , -ῶ ( οἰκοδόμος ), [in LXX chiefly for בּנה ;] to build a house , to build : absol., Lk 11:48 14:30 17:28 ; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες , the builders (as Ps 117 (118):22 , הַבּוֹנִים ), Mt 21:42 , Mk 12:10 , Lk 20:17 , I Pe 2:7 (LXX) ; ἐπ’ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰ. , proverb., Ro 15:20 ; c. acc. rei, Ga 2:18 ; πύργον , Mt 21:33 , Mk 12:1 , Lk 14:28 ; ἀποθήκας , Lk 12:18 ; ναόν , Mk 14:58 ; pass., Jo 2:20 ; οἰκία , Lk 6:48 ; c. acc. rei seq. dat. pers. (cf. Ge 8:20 , Ez 16:24 ), Lk 7:5 , Ac 7:47 , 49 ; acc. seq. ἐπί , Mt 7:24 , 26 Lk 6:49 ; πόλιν ἐπ’ ὄρους , Lk 4:29 ; of rebuilding, or restoring, Mt 23:29 26:61 27:40 , Mk 15:29 , Lk 11:47 . Metaph., τ. ἐκκλησίαν , Mt 16:18 ; of the growth of Christian character (cf. בּנה , in Ps 27 (28):5 , Je 24:6 , al.), to build up (AV, edify ): absol., Ac 20:32 , I Co 8:1 10:23 ; c. acc. pers., I Co 14:4 , I Th 5:11 ; pass., Ac 9:31 , I Co 14:17 , I Pe 2:5 ; of blameworthy action (AV, embolden ), I Co 8:10 (cf. ἀν- , ἐπ- , συν-οικοδομέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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