# οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)

Strong’s G3618. 38 New Testament occurrences.

I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/oikodomeo-g3618

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 7:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/7/24) — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- [Matthew 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/7/26) — And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- [Matthew 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/16/18) — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- [Matthew 21:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/21/33) — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, an…
- [Matthew 21:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/21/42) — Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’…
- [Matthew 23:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/23/29) — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
- [Matthew 26:61](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/26/61) — And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
- [Matthew 27:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/27/40) — And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- [Mark 12:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/12/1) — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower…
- [Mark 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/12/10) — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- [Mark 14:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/14/58) — We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
- [Mark 15:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/15/29) — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
- [Luke 4:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/4/29) — And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
- [Luke 6:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/6/48) — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house…
- [Luke 6:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/6/49) — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and im…
- [Luke 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/7/5) — For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
- [Luke 11:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/11/47) — Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- [Luke 11:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/11/48) — Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- [Luke 12:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/12/18) — And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
- [Luke 14:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/14/28) — For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
- [Luke 14:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/14/30) — Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- [Luke 17:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/17/28) — Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
- [Luke 20:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/20/17) — And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
- [John 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/john/2/20) — Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
- [Acts 7:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/7/47) — But Solomon built him an house.
- [Acts 7:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/7/49) — Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
- [Acts 9:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/9/31) — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy…
- [Acts 20:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/20/32) — And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are s…
- [Romans 15:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/romans/15/20) — Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- [1 Corinthians 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/8/1) — Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
- [1 Corinthians 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/8/10) — For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things…
- [1 Corinthians 10:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/10/23) — All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
- [1 Corinthians 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/14/4) — He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
- [1 Corinthians 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/14/17) — For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
- [Galatians 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/galatians/2/18) — For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
- [1 Thessalonians 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-thessalonians/5/11) — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
- [1 Peter 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-peter/2/5) — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- [1 Peter 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-peter/2/7) — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the…