Strong's Lexicon
G3620 — οἰκοδομία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3620 |
|---|---|
| Word: | οἰκοδομία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | Not listed |
| Transliteration: | oikodomia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | oy-kod-om-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. confirmation |
| KJV Renderings: | edifying |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκοδομία, ὀικοδομιας, ἡ (οἰκοδομέω) (the act of) buliding, erection (Thucydides, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian, etc.; but never in the Sept.); metaphorically, οἰκοδομίαν Θεοῦ τήν ἐν πίστει, the increase which God desires in faith (see οἰκοδομή), 1Ti 1:4 Rec.bez elz; but see οἰκονομία. Not infrequent οἰκονομία and οἰκοδομία are confounded in the manuscripts; see Grimm on 4 Maccabees, p. 365, cf. Hilgenfeld, the Epistle of Barnabas, p. 28; (D’Orville, Chariton 8, 1, p. 599).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
οἰκοδομία (edifying)
1 Timothy 1:4
- KJV: Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies which minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith
- GK: μηδέ προσέχειν μύθοις και γενεαλογίαις απεράντοις αίτινες ζητήσεις παρέχουσι μάλλον η οικονομίαν θεού την εν πίστει