οἰκοδομή

οἰκοδομή — oikodomḗ

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, 1Ma 16:23; τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1Ch 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; (1Co 14:26); 2Co 10:8 (see below);; Eph 4:29; with a genitive of the person whose growth is furthered, ὑμῶν, 2Co 12:19 (cf. 10:8); ἑαυτοῦ (Tdf. αὐτοῦ), Eph 4:16; τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Eph 4:12; τῆς ἐκκλησίας, 1Co 14:12; equivalent to τό ὀικοδομουν, what contributes to edification, or augments wisdom, etc. λαλεῖν, λαβεῖν, οἰκοδομήν, 1Co 14:3; 1Co 14:5.

2. equivalent to οἰκοδόμημα, a building (i. e. thing built, edifice): Mar 13:1 f; τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Mat 24:1; used of the heavenly body, the abode of the soul after death, 2Co 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, 1Co 3:9.