- Original: οἰκοδομή - Transliteration: Oikodome - Phonetic: oy-kod-om-ay' - 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) - Origin: feminine (abstract) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430 - TDNT entry: 07:24,7 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine (abstraction) of a compound of G3624 and the base of G1430 ; architecture that is (concretely) a structure; figuratively confirmation: - building edify (-ication -ing). Total KJV Occurrences: 17 • building, 3 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Eph 2:21 • buildings, 2 Mat 24:1; Mar 13:1 • edification, 4 Romans 15:2; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10 • edify, 1 Romans 14:19 • edifying, 7 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians 14:26; 2 Corinthians 12:19; Eph 4:12; Eph 4:16; Eph 4:29