- Original: ἐποικοδομέω - Transliteration: Epoikodomeo - Phonetic: ep-oy-kod-om-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to build upon, build up - Origin: from G1909 and G3618 - TDNT entry: 07:27,7 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1909 and G3618 ; to build upon that is (figuratively) to rear up: - build thereon (thereupon on upon). Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • build, 1 1 Corinthians 3:12 • built, 1 Eph 2:20 • thereon, 1 1 Corinthians 3:10 • thereupon, 2 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 3:14 • up, 3 Act 20:32; Colossians 2:7; Jude 1:20