Edify
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Romans 14:19
- Last Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Edify
ED'IFY, verb transitive [Latin oedifico; oedes, a house, and facio, to make.]
1. To build, in a literal sense. [Not now used.]
2. To instruct and improve the mind in knowledge generally, and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, in faith and holiness.
Edify one another. 1 Thessalonians 5:11.
3. To teach or persuade. [Not used.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Edifying
ED'IFYING, participle present tense Building up in christian knowledge; instructing; improving the mind.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Edifyingly
ED'IFYINGLY, adverb In an edifying manner.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Romans 14:19
- Last Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance: