οἰκοδομέω, -ῶ
(< οἰκοδόμος), [in LXX chiefly for בּנה;]
to build a house, to build: absol., Lk 11:4814:3017:28; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, the builders (as Ps 117 (118):22, הַבּוֹנִים), Mt 21:42, Mk 12:10, Lk 20:17, I Pe 2:7(LXX); ἐπ’ ἀλλότριον θεμέλιον οἰ., proverb., Ro 15:20; c. acc. rei, Ga 2:18; πύργον, Mt 21:33, Mk 12:1, Lk 14:28; ἀποθήκας, Lk 12:18; ναόν, Mk 14:58; pass., Jo 2:20; οἰκία, Lk 6:48; c. acc. rei seq. dat. pers. (cf. Ge 8:20, Ez 16:24), Lk 7:5, Ac 7:47, 49; acc. seq. ἐπί, Mt 7:24, 26Lk 6:49; πόλιν ἐπ’ ὄρους, Lk 4:29; of rebuilding, or restoring, Mt 23:2926:6127:40, Mk 15:29, Lk 11:47. Metaph., τ. ἐκκλησίαν, Mt 16:18; of the growth of Christian character (cf. בּנה, in Ps 27 (28):5, Je 24:6, al.), to build up (AV, edify): absol., Ac 20:32, I Co 8:110:23; c. acc. pers., I Co 14:4, I Th 5:11; pass., Ac 9:31, I Co 14:17, I Pe 2:5; of blameworthy action (AV, embolden), I Co 8:10 (cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-, συν-οικοδομέω).†