1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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Edifying
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1 Timothy 1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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οἰκοδομή
oikodomḗ · oy-kod-om-ay'
7 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation
Strong's KJV usage: :--building, edify(-ication, -ing).
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Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:5Strong's last: Ephesians 4:29
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oikodomía · oy-kod-om-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
confirmation
Strong's KJV usage: :--edifying.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 1:4Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:4
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I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
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Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
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For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
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edifying
ED'IFYING, participle present tense Building up in christian knowledge; instructing; improving the mind.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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