STRONGS G2026:
ἐποικοδομέω,
-ῶ; 1 aorist
ἐπῳκοδόμησα, and without augment
ἐποικοδόμησα (
1 Corinthians 3:14 T Tr WH; cf.
Tdf.'s note on
Acts 7:47, [see
οἰκοδομέω]); passive, present
ἐποικοδομοῦμαι; 1 aorist participle
ἐποικοδομηθέντες; in the
N. T. only in the figurative which likens a company of Christian believers to an edifice or temple;
to build upon, build up (
Vulg. superaedifico); absolute [like our English
build up] viz. 'to finish the structure of which the foundation has already been laid,'
i. e. in plain language, to give constant increase in Christian knowledge and in a life conformed thereto:
Acts 20:32 (where
L T Tr WH οἰκοδ. [
Vulg. aedifico]);
1 Corinthians 3:10; (l Pet. 2:5
Tdf.);
ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον,
1 Corinthians 3:12;
τί,
1 Corinthians 3:14;
ἐν Χριστῷ, with the passive, in fellowship with Christ to grow in spiritual life,
Colossians 2:7;
ἐποικοδομηθ.
ἐπὶ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων, on the foundation laid by the apostles,
i. e. (dropping the figurative) gathered together into a church by the apostles' preaching of the gospel,
Ephesians 2:20;
ἐποικοδόμειν ἑαυτὸν τῇ πίστει,
Jude 1:20, where the sense is, 'resting on your most holy faith as a foundation, make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher.' (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Acts
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7:47; 20:32
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1 Corinthians
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3:10; 3:12; 3:14; 3:14
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Ephesians
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2:20
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Colossians
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2:7
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Jude
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1:20