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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G3619 - Edifying

Strong's No.:G3619

Greek:οἰκοδομή

Transliteration:oikodomē

Phonetic:oy-kod-om-ay'

Word Origin:Feminine (abstraction) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430

Bible Usage:building edify (-ication -ing).

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)


Bible References:
Edifying

Translation
Occurrences:
building ( 3 )
buildings ( 3 )
edification ( 4 )
edify ( 1 )
edifying ( 7 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.