οἰκοδομή

οἰκοδομή, -ῆς, ἡ

(οἶκος, + δέμω, to build), [in LXX: 1 Kron 29,1 A (בִּירָה), Ezk 17,17; 40,2 (בָּנָה, מִבְנֶה), Sir 22,16; 40,19, al. ;]

= cl. οἰκοδομία (which see), -δόμησις (Thuc., Plat.),

1. the act of building; in NT always metaphorically, building up, edifying: Rom 14,19; 15,2, 1 Kor 14,26, 2 Kor 10,8; 13,10, Ef 4,29; with genitive obj., 1 Kor 14,12, 2 Kor 12,19, Ef 4,12, 16; λαλεῖν, λαβεῖν, οἰ., 1 Kor 14,3,

2. = οἰκοδόμημα, a building: Matt 24,1, Mark 13,1-2; metaphorically, 1 Kor 3,9, 2 Kor 5,1, Ef 2,21.†