Word Study · Strong's G3618 · Greek
οἰκοδομέω
oikodomeo
oy-kod-om-eh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: oikodoméō
“to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
Rendered in the KJV as
(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
- 40occurrencesin the New Testament
- 10 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 40 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- ᾠκοδόμησεν5
- οἰκοδομεῖτε4
- οἰκοδομοῦντες,4
- οἰκοδομῆσαι3
- οἰκοδομεῖ.2
- οἰκοδομήσω2
- οἰκοδομεῖ,1
- οἰκοδομεῖ.¶1
- οἰκοδομεῖν1
- οἰκοδομεῖσθε1
- οἰκοδομεῖται.¶1
- οἰκοδομήθη1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 31
- built5
- building,4
- to build2
- you build2
- are being built up1
- being edified1
- build1
- building1
- building [it]1
- building [it],1
- builds up.1
- do build up1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 22
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular6
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular4
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)3
- verb · future active, statement · 1st person singular3
- verb · present active, statement · 2nd person plural3
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · masculine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · future active, statement · 2nd person plural1
- verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 6
- V-PAI-3S · 4
- V-PAP-NPM · 4
- V-AAN · 3
- V-FAI-1S · 3
- V-PAI-2P · 3
- V-PAP-VSM · 2
- V-AAP-DSM · 1
- V-API-3S · 1
- V-FAI-2P · 1
- V-FPI-3S · 1
- V-IAI-3P · 1
All 40, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew8 occurrences
- Matthew 7:24ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularTherefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.here: built
- Matthew 7:26ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.here: built
- Matthew 16:18οἰκοδομήσωoikodomēsōverb · future active, statement · 1st person singularAnd I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.here: I will build
- Matthew 21:33ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularListen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.here: he built
- Matthew 21:42οἰκοδομοῦντες,oikodomountesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralJesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?here: building,
- Matthew 23:29οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteverb · present active, statement · 2nd person pluralWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.here: you build
- Matthew 26:61οἰκοδομῆσαιoikodomēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”here: to rebuild it
- Matthew 27:40οἰκοδομῶν,oikodomōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · masculine singularand saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”here: building [it],
Mark4 occurrences
- Mark 12:1ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularThen Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.here: built
- Mark 12:10οἰκοδομοῦντες,oikodomountesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralHave you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.here: building,
- Mark 14:58οἰκοδομήσω.oikodomēsōverb · future active, statement · 1st person singular“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”here: I will build.
- Mark 15:29οἰκοδομῶνoikodomōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · masculine singularAnd those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,here: building [it]
Luke12 occurrences
- Luke 4:29ᾠκοδόμητοōkodomētoverb · pluperfect passive, statement · 3rd person singularThey got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.here: had been built
- Luke 6:48οἰκοδομοῦντιoikodomountiverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularHe is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.here: building
- Luke 6:48οἰκοδομῆσθαιoikodomēsthaiverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, infinitive (“to…”)He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.here: to have been built
- Luke 6:49οἰκοδομήσαντιoikodomēsantiverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularBut the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”here: having built
- Luke 7:5ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularfor he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”here: built
- Luke 11:47οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteverb · present active, statement · 2nd person pluralWoe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.here: you build
- Luke 11:48οἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteverb · present active, statement · 2nd person pluralSo you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.here: build
- Luke 12:18οἰκοδομήσωoikodomēsōverb · future active, statement · 1st person singularThen he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.here: will build
- Luke 14:28οἰκοδομῆσαιoikodomēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?here: to build
- Luke 14:30οἰκοδομεῖνoikodomeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’here: to build
- Luke 17:28ᾠκοδόμουν.ōkodomounverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person pluralIt was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.here: they were building.
- Luke 20:17οἰκοδομοῦντες,oikodomountesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralBut Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?here: building,
Acts4 occurrences
- Acts 7:47οἰκοδόμησενoikodomēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularBut it was Solomon who built the house for Him.here: built
- Acts 7:49οἰκοδομήσετέoikodomēseteverb · future active, statement · 2nd person plural‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?here: will you build
- Acts 9:31οἰκοδομουμένηoikodomoumenēverb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThen the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.here: being edified
- Acts 20:32οἰκοδομῆσαιoikodomēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.here: to build [it]
1 Corinthians6 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 8:1οἰκοδομεῖ.oikodomeiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.here: builds up.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10οἰκοδομηθήσεταιoikodomēthēsetaiverb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singularFor if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?here: he will be encouraged
- 1 Corinthians 10:23οἰκοδομεῖ.oikodomeiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.here: edify.
- 1 Corinthians 14:4οἰκοδομεῖ,oikodomeiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularThe one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.here: edifies,
- 1 Corinthians 14:4οἰκοδομεῖ.¶oikodomeiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularThe one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.here: edifies.
- 1 Corinthians 14:17οἰκοδομεῖται.¶oikodomeitaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularYou may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.here: is edified.
Galatians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 Peter2 occurrences
- 1 Peter 2:5οἰκοδομεῖσθεoikodomeistheverb · present passive, statement · 2nd person pluralyou also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.here: are being built up
- 1 Peter 2:7οἰκοδομοῦντες,oikodomountesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralTo you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”here: building,