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|strgr=from [[ἐπί]] and [[οἰκοδομέω]]; to [[build]] [[upon]], i.e. ([[figuratively]]) to [[rear]] up: [[build]] thereon ([[thereupon]], on, [[upon]]). | |strgr=from [[ἐπί]] and [[οἰκοδομέω]]; to [[build]] [[upon]], i.e. ([[figuratively]]) to [[rear]] up: [[build]] thereon ([[thereupon]], on, [[upon]]). | ||
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|txtha=ἐποικοδόμω; 1st aorist ἐπωκοδόμησα, and [[without]] [[augment]] ἐποικοδόμησα (T Tr WH; cf. Tdf.'s [[note]] on [[οἰκοδομέω]])); [[passive]], [[present]] ἐποικοδομοῦμαι; 1st aorist participle ἐποικοδομηθέντες; in the N. T. [[only]] in the figurative [[which]] likens a [[company]] of Christian believers to an [[edifice]] or [[temple]]; to [[build]] [[upon]], [[build]] up (Vulg. superaedifico); [[absolutely]] ([[like]] [[our]] English [[build]] up) viz. 'to [[finish]] the [[structure]] of [[which]] the [[foundation]] has [[already]] been laid,' i. e. in [[plain]] [[language]], to [[give]] [[constant]] [[increase]] in Christian [[knowledge]] and in a [[life]] conformed thereto: L T Tr WH οἰκοδομῆσαι (Vulg. aedifico)); Tdf.); [[ἐπί]] [[τόν]] [[θεμέλιον]], τί, ἐν Χριστῷ, [[with]] the [[passive]], in fellowship [[with]] Christ to [[grow]] in [[spiritual]] [[life]], ἐποικοδομηθέντες [[ἐπί]] τῷ θεμελίῳ [[τῶν]] ἀποστόλων, on the [[foundation]] laid by the apostles, i. e. (dropping the figurative) gathered [[together]] [[into]] a [[church]] by the apostles' preaching of the gospel, ἐποικοδόμειν ἑαυτόν τῇ πίστει, Isaiah , 'resting on [[your]] [[most]] [[holy]] [[faith]] as a [[foundation]], [[make]] [[progress]], [[rise]] [[like]] an [[edifice]] [[higher]] and [[higher]].' ([[Thucydides]], [[Xenophon]], [[Plato]], others.) | |||
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