What does συνοικοδομέω (synoikodoméō) mean in the Bible?
συνοικοδομέω (synoikodoméō) is a Greek word meaning "be built up with".
Greek · G4925
συνοικοδομέω
Be built up with
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συνοικοδομέω G4925
Pronunciation synoikodoméō
What does συνοικοδομέω (synoikodoméō) mean in the Bible?
συνοικοδομέω (synoikodoméō) is a Greek word meaning "be built up with".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4925?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include being built together (1).
Where does συνοικοδομέω (synoikodoméō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 2:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It being built together 1× Ephesians 2:22
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Usage map
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First aligned row Ephesians 2:22
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
συνοικοδομεῖσθε 1x synoikodomeisthe Ephesians 2:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x Ephesians 2:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. be built up with
Strong's G4925
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
be built up with
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1to build together or with (with dative of person(s), 1Esdras, l.with).
2Of various materials, to build up together (Thuc., al.): metaphorically, of Christians, Eph.2:22.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 2:22 Verb Second Person Plural Present Passive Indicative
συνοικοδομεῖσθε sunoikodomeisqe
I build together with
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Passive Eph 2:22 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
indicative 1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
συνοικοδομέω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain