noun · masculine

oikodomos

Greekοἰκοδόμος (oikodomos)

Strong’sG3618

a builder

stem oikodom-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

builders1×

What it means

οἰκο-δόμος, οὐ, ὁ

(< οἶκος + δέμω, to build), [in LXX for בּנה, etc.;]

a builder: Ac 4:11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3618 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidoy-kod-om-eh'-o

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

Fromfrom the same as G3619;

King James(be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	oikodomos	oikodomois
object accusative	oikodomon	oikodomoin
direct address vocative	oikodomor	oikodomoir
of, belonging to genitive	oikodomou	oikodomoiu1×οἰκοδόμων
to, for dative	oikodomo	oikodomoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

oikodomstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

oikodomo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

oikodomamō — οἰκοδομέω, I build, build up, edify oikodomas — οἰκοδομή, the act of building, a building, edification

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

oikodomoiu“builders”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 4:11“builders”houtos atō tos lithos tos exoutheniratos hupo vu toiu oikodomoiu, tos gineratos eis kefalan gōniau.This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’