ἀνοικο-δομέω G0456
I will rebuild, I will build up again; to reconstruct what has fallen or been destroyed
This compound verb means to build again or rebuild. It appears twice in Acts 15:16, both occurrences in James's quotation from Amos 9:11 during the Jerusalem Council. James cites God's promise to rebuild David's fallen tent—interpreted as the inclusion of Gentiles in God's people. Classical usage includes building up riverbanks with bricks and rebuilding cities and walls. The New Testament restricts it to this single prophetic quotation about restoration. The future form ἀνοικοδομήσω emphasizes God's promised action to restore what has fallen.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The doubled use in Acts 15:16 comes from the Septuagint quotation structure: 'I will return and I will rebuild the tent of David which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins.' The repetition emphasizes divine initiative and completeness in restoration. James applies this Davidic restoration prophecy to the Gentile inclusion debate, suggesting that God's rebuilding work involves incorporating all nations, not excluding them through circumcision requirements. 2×
AR["أَبني"]·ben["পুনর্নির্মাণ-করব"]·DE["ἀνοικοδομήσω"]·EN["I-will-rebuild"]·FR["rebatir"]·heb["אֶת-", "וְ-"]·HI["फिर-बनाऊँगा"]·ID["Aku-akan-membangun-kembali"]·IT["Antipa"]·jav["kula-mbangun-malih"]·KO["다시-세우겠다"]·PT["reedificarei", "reedificarei,"]·RU["восстановлю"]·ES["reedificaré"]·SW["nitajenga-tena", "nitalijenga-tena"]·TR["yeniden-kuracağım"]·urd["دوبارہ-بناؤںگا"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀνοικο-δομέω, build up, τὰ χείλεα τοῦ ποταμοῦ.. ἀνοικοδόμηδε πλίνθοισιRefs 5th c.BC+ __2 wall up, λαύρας καιναῖς πλίνθοισιν ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+; πύλας uncertain reading in Refs 1st c.BC+ __II build again, rebuild, πόλιν καὶ τείχηRefs 5th c.BC+occupy again with buildings, Refs 1st c.BC+:—passive, metaphorically, to be exalted, LXX