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ἐποικοδομέωepoikodomeō
to build up/upon
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ἐπ-οικοδομέω, -ῶ
in NT, always metaphorically, of the spiritual life regarded as a building (Cremer, 449);
__1. to build upon: 1Co.3:10 3:12 3:14; pass., Eph.2:20.
__2. to build up: Col.2:7, 1Pe.2:5 (T, οἰκοδ- WH, Rec.), Ju 20.†
(AS)
in NT, always metaphorically, of the spiritual life regarded as a building (Cremer, 449);
__1. to build upon: 1Co.3:10 3:12 3:14; pass., Eph.2:20.
__2. to build up: Col.2:7, 1Pe.2:5 (T, οἰκοδ- WH, Rec.), Ju 20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Liddell–Scott–Jones
ἐποικοδομέω,
A build up, -ήσαντας αὐτὸ (sc. τὸ τεῖχος) ὑψηλότερον Th. 7.4, cf. X. HG 6.5.12, D. 55.25: metaph., pile up, use a climax, Arist. Rh. 1365a16, Rh.Al. 1426b3.
2 build upon, ἐπὶ κρηπῖδι X. An. 3.4.11; ἐπὶ κρηπῖδος Pl. Lg. 736e; ἐπὶ τοὺς τοίχους OGI 483.117 (Pergam., ii B.C.): metaph., Pl. Lg. 793c ( Pass. ); φύσει μαθήματα Ph. 1.610; τινὶ εὐτονίαν, ἀσφάλειαν, Arr. Epict. 2.15.8 ( Pass. ); ἐπὶ θεμέλιον or θεμελίῳ, 1 Ep.Cor. 3.12, Ep.Eph. 2.20; θεμελίοις Sor. 1.47 ( Pass. ); τοῖς ἀληθέσιν ἐψευσμένα Paus. 8.2.6, cf. Dam. Pr. 87 ( Pass. ).
b edify, ἑαυτοὺς τῇ πίστει Ep.Jud. 20:— Pass., -ούμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ep.Col. 2.7.
II = ἐπιτειχίζω, Plb. 2.46.5:— Med., στρατόπεδα πέντε -ησάμενος Arr. An. 2.1.2.
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