Edify
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To teach or persuade.
(2): ( v. i.) To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
(3): ( v. i.) To build; to construct.
(4): ( v. i.) To improve.
King James Dictionary [2]
Ed'Ify, L. oedifico oedes, a house, and facio, to make.
1. To build, in a literal sense. Not now used. 2. To instruct and improve the mind in knowledge generally,and particularly in moral and religious knowledge, in faith and holiness.
Edify one another. 1 Thessalonians 5
3. To teach or persuade. Not used.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (c) This is the thought of enriching the life, inspiring the heart, and enlightening the mind of the children of God.
