Strongs Number: G3619
- Greek Word
- οἰκοδομή
- Transliteration
- oikodomē
- Phonetic
- oy-kod-om-ay'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
architecture that is (concretely) a structure; figuratively confirmation
- Thayers Definition
-
1. (the act of) building, building up
2. metaph. edifying, edification
a. the act of one who promotes another's growth in Christian wisdom, piety, happiness, holiness
3. a building (i.e. the thing built, edifice)
- Origin
- Feminine (abstraction) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430
- Bible Usage
- building edify (-ication -ing).