STEP Greek Lexicon: ἐποικοδομέω

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.†

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