Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To build up; to strengthen; to instruct, especially in morals or religion. 2. (v. i.) To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. 3. (v. i.) To teach or persuade. 4. (v. i.) To improve. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EDIFICATION; EDIFY ed-i-fi-ka'-shun, ed'-i-fi: The Greek words oikodomeo, "to build," oikodome, "the act of building," are used both literally and figuratively in the New Testament; "edify," "edifying," "edification," are the translation of the King James Version in some 20 passages, all in the figurative sense of the promotion of growth in Christian character. the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10 Ephesians 4:12, 16 1 Thessalonians 5:11 renders "build up," "building up," making the force of the figure clearer to the English reader. In 1 Timothy 1:4 the Greek text followed by the Revised Version (British and American) has oikonomia, "dispensation," instead of oikodomia, "edifying" (the King James Version). F. K. Farr

Multi-Version Concordance Edify (5 Occurrences) Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (KJV ASV WBS) Romans 15:2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying. (Root in ASV RSV) 1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS) 1 Corinthians 14:4 he who is speaking in an 'unknown' tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify; (YLT) 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. (KJV WBS)