οἰκοδομέω

οἰκοδομέω, -ῶ

(οἰκοδόμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּנָה ;]

to build a house, to build: absol., Luk 11,48; 14,30; 17,28; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, the builders (as Sl 118,22, בָּנָה), Matt 21,42, Mark 12,10, Luk 20,17, 1 Pet 2,7" (LXX) ; ἐ π ̓ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰ., proverb., Rom 15,20 with accusative of thing(s), Gal 2,18 πύργον), Matt 21,33, Mark 12,1, Luk 14,28; ἀποθήκας, Luk 12,18 ναόν, Mark 14,58 pass., Joh 2,20 οἰκία, Luk 6,48 with accusative of thing(s) before dative of person(s) (cf. 1 Mos 8,20, Ezk 16,24), Luk 7,5, ApG 7,47, 49; accusative before ἐπί, Matt 7,24, 26 Luk 6,49; πόλιν ἐπ ̓ ὄρους, Luk 4,29 of rebuilding, or restoring, Matt 23,29; 26,61; 27,40, Mark 15,29, Luk 11,47, Metaphorical, τ. ἐκκλησίαν, Matt 16,18 of the growth of Christian character (cf. בָּנָה, in Sl 28,5, Jer 24,6, al.), to build up (AV, edify): absol., ApG 20,32, 1 Kor 8,1; 10,23; with accusative of person(s), 1 Kor 14,4, 1 Thess 5,11; pass., ApG 9,31, 1 Kor 14,17, 1 Pet 2,5; of blameworthy action (AV, embolden), 1 Kor 8,10 (cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-, συν-οικοδομέω).†

οἰκο-δόμος, -ου, ὁ

(οἶκος + δέμω, to build), [in LXX for בָּנָה, etc. ;]

a builder: ApG 4,11,†