# G3618 οἰκοδομέω

οἰκοδομέω (oikodoméō), Strong’s G3618: to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm KJV: (be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden. Occurs 477 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G3618 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*oikodoméō* — to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm

KJV: (be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden

Derived from [οἰκοδομή oikodomḗ](https://besorah.bible/word/G3619) (architecture)

Occurs 477 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 7:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=24) — “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on…
- [Matthew 7:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=26) — Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
- [Matthew 16:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=18) — I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Sheol will not prevail…
- [Matthew 21:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=33) — “Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it…
- [Matthew 21:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=42) — Yeshua said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of…
- [Matthew 23:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=29) — “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the…
- [Matthew 26:61](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=61) — and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”
- [Matthew 27:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=40) — and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down…
- [Mark 12:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/12?v=1) — He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press…
- [Mark 12:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/12?v=10) — Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.