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οἰκοδομέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
οἰκοδομέω
Greek transliteration: 
oikodomeō
Simplified transliteration: 
oikodomeo
Principal Parts: 
(ᾠκοδόμουν), οἰκοδομήσω, ὠ/κοδόμησα, -, ᾠκοδόμημαι <χστψλε:ΕνγλισηΙνΠΠ>ορ<χστψλε:> ὠ/κοδόμημαι, ὠ/jκοδομήθ
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3618
GK Number: 
3868
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
40
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to build, build up, rebuild, a physical edifice; by extension: to edify, strengthen, develop another person's life through acts and words of love and encouragement
Definition: 
pluperfect, ῳκοδόμητο (3 sg), to build a house; to build, Mt. 7:24; to repair, embellish, and amplify a building, Mt. 23:29; to construct, establish, Mt. 16:18; met. to contribute to advancement in religious knowledge, to edify, 1 Cor. 14:4, 17; to advance a person's spiritual condition, to edify, 1 Cor. 8:1; pass. to make spiritual advancement, be edified, Acts 9:31; to advance in presumption, 1 Cor. 8:10

Greek-English Concordance for οἰκοδομέω

Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine, and does them, is like the wise man, who built (ōkodomēsen | ᾠκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his house upon rock.
Matthew 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish man who built (ōkodomēsen | ᾠκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his house on sand.
Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Matthew 21:33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built (ōkodomēsen | ᾠκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away on a journey.
Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone that the builders (oikodomountes | οἰκοδομοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?
Matthew 23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,
Matthew 26:61 and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild (oikodomēsai | οἰκοδομῆσαι | aor act inf ) it in three days.’”
Matthew 27:40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild (oikodomōn | οἰκοδομῶν | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
Mark 12:1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it. He dug a pit for the winepress and built (ōkodomēsen | ᾠκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a tower; then he leased it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
Mark 12:10 Have you not even read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders (oikodomountes | οἰκοδομοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) rejected has become the capstone;
Mark 14:58 “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) will (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) build (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) another not made with hands.’”
Mark 15:29 And those passing by ridiculed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild (oikodomōn | οἰκοδομῶν | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) it in three days,
Luke 4:29 They rose up, drove him out of the town, and took him to a cliff of the hill on which their town was built (ōkodomēto | ᾠκοδόμητο | pluperf pass ind 3 sg), so that they could cast him down.
Luke 6:48 he is like a man building (oikodomounti | οἰκοδομοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on bedrock; when a flood arose, the river broke against that house but could not shake it, because it had (oikodomēsthai | οἰκοδομῆσθαι | perf pass inf ) been (oikodomēsthai | οἰκοδομῆσθαι | perf pass inf ) well built (oikodomēsthai | οἰκοδομῆσθαι | perf pass inf ).
Luke 6:49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man building (oikodomēsanti | οἰκοδομήσαντι | aor act ptcp dat sg masc) a house on the ground without a foundation; when the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 7:5 for he loves our nation and he built (ōkodomēsen | ᾠκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the synagogue for us.”
Luke 11:47 Woe to you! For you build (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) memorials to the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
Luke 11:48 So you are witnesses: you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because while they killed them, you build (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) the memorials.
Luke 12:18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and I (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) will (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) build (oikodomēsō | οἰκοδομήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) bigger ones; and I will store there all my grain and my goods.
Luke 14:28 “For which of you, wanting to (oikodomēsai | οἰκοδομῆσαι | aor act inf ) build (oikodomēsai | οἰκοδομῆσαι | aor act inf ) a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to bring it to completion;
Luke 14:30 saying, ‘This man began to build (oikodomein | οἰκοδομεῖν | pres act inf ) and was not able to complete.’
Luke 17:28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building (ōkodomoun | ᾠκοδόμουν | imperf act ind 3 pl);
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said, “What then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders (oikodomountes | οἰκοδομοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) rejected — this one became the head of the corner’?
John 2:20 Then the Jews said, “This temple has (oikodomēthē | οἰκοδομήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) been (oikodomēthē | οἰκοδομήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) under (oikodomēthē | οἰκοδομήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) construction (oikodomēthē | οἰκοδομήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) for forty-six years, and you can restore it in three days?”
Acts 7:47 But it was Solomon who built (oikodomēsen | οἰκοδόμησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) a house for him.
Acts 7:49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What sort of house will you build (oikodomēsete | οἰκοδομήσετε | fut act ind 2 pl) for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
Acts 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built (oikodomoumenē | οἰκοδομουμένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number.
Acts 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build (oikodomēsai | οἰκοδομῆσαι | aor act inf ) you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Romans 15:20 And thus I have always made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was known, lest I (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) should (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) build (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) on someone else’s foundation;
1 Corinthians 8:1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 8:10 For if someone should see you who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will (oikodomēthēsetai | οἰκοδομηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened (oikodomēthēsetai | οἰκοδομηθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) to eat food sacrificed to idols?
1 Corinthians 10:23 “All things are permissible,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are permissible,” but not all things build up (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 14:4 The one who speaks in a tongue edifies (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) himself, but the one who prophesies edifies (oikodomei | οἰκοδομεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the church.
1 Corinthians 14:17 For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is (oikodomeitai | οἰκοδομεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not being edified (oikodomeitai | οἰκοδομεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg).
Galatians 2:18 But if I (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) build (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) up (oikodomō | οἰκοδομῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) again those things I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a lawbreaker.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) one another up (oikodomeite | οἰκοδομεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl), as indeed you are doing.
1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built up (oikodomeisthe | οἰκοδομεῖσθε | pres pass ind 2 pl) as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:7 Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders (oikodomountes | οἰκοδομοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,”