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oikodomē

building up, edification

Say it: oy-kod-om-AY (approximate)

οἰκοδομή

What it means

Building, building up. "The whole building, fitted together" (2:21); and the church is built up in love (4:12, 4:16, 4:29).

Range of meaning

  • Building upStrengthening.
  • EdificationSpiritual growth.
  • BuildingA structure.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 2

    "The whole building" (2:21).

  • Chapter 4

    "For the building up of the body of Christ" (4:12, 4:16, 4:29).

Every verse (4)

Verses where G3619 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources