ἐποικοδομ-έω,
build up, -ήσαντας αὐτὸ (i.e. τὸ τεῖχος) ὑψηλότερον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, pile up, use a climax, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a16, “Rh.Al.” 1426b3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 build upon, ἐπὶ κρηπῖδι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.11; ἐπὶ κρηπῖδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736e; ἐπὶ τοὺς τοίχους “OGI” 483.117 (Pergam., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793c (_passive_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσει μαθήματα [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.610 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τινὶ εὐτονίαν, ἀσφάλειαν, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.15.8 (_passive_) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ θεμέλιον or θεμελίῳ, [[ NT.1Cor.3.12, NT.Eph.2.20; θεμελίοις 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.47 (_passive_) ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; τοῖς ἀληθέσιν ἐψευσμένα [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.2.6, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 87 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2.b edify, ἑαυτοὺς τῇ πίστει [[ NT.Jude.20 ] NT]:—passive, -ούμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ [[ NT.Col.2.7. ] NT]
__II ={ἐπιτειχίζω}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.46.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, στρατόπεδα πέντε -ησάμενος [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]