King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3620
Transliteration: oikodomia
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-om-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: edifying
Meaning: edifying
οἰκοδομία, ὀικοδομιας, ἡ (οἰκοδομέω) (the act of) buliding, erection (Thucydides, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian, etc.; but never in the Sept.); metaphorically, οἰκοδομίαν Θεοῦ τήν ἐν πίστει, the increase which God desires in faith (see οἰκοδομή), 1 Timothy 1:4 Rec.bez elz; but see οἰκονομία. Not infrequent οἰκονομία and οἰκοδομία are confounded in the manuscripts; see Grimm on 4 Maccabees, p. 365, cf. Hilgenfeld, the Epistle of Barnabas, p. 28; (D'Orville, Chariton 8, 1, p. 599).
Word Summary
oikodomia: edifying
Original Word: οἰκοδομίαTransliteration: oikodomia
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-om-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: edifying
Meaning: edifying
Strong's Concordance
edifying. From the same as oikodome; confirmation -- edifying.
see GREEK oikodome
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3620: οἰκοδομίαοἰκοδομία, ὀικοδομιας, ἡ (οἰκοδομέω) (the act of) buliding, erection (Thucydides, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian, etc.; but never in the Sept.); metaphorically, οἰκοδομίαν Θεοῦ τήν ἐν πίστει, the increase which God desires in faith (see οἰκοδομή), 1 Timothy 1:4 Rec.bez elz; but see οἰκονομία. Not infrequent οἰκονομία and οἰκοδομία are confounded in the manuscripts; see Grimm on 4 Maccabees, p. 365, cf. Hilgenfeld, the Epistle of Barnabas, p. 28; (D'Orville, Chariton 8, 1, p. 599).