Strong G1430δῶμα
housetop
- Transliteration
- dōma
- Pronunciation
- do'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From δέμο demō (to build); properly an edifice that is (specifically) a roof: - housetop.
Detailed definition
δῶμα, -τος, τό
(δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג;]
chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose;
1. a house, hall.
2. In LXX (and Hom., Od., x, 554; cf. MGr., terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ. δῶμα, Luk.5:19, Act.10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Mat.10:27 24:17, Mrk.13:15, Luk.12:3 17:31.†
(AS)
(δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג;]
chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose;
1. a house, hall.
2. In LXX (and Hom., Od., x, 554; cf. MGr., terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ. δῶμα, Luk.5:19, Act.10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Mat.10:27 24:17, Mrk.13:15, Luk.12:3 17:31.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1430 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- housetop7
First verses
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- Mark 13:15And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
- Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
- Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- Luke 17:31In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
- Acts 10:9On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
δῶμα, ατος, τό,
(δέμω) house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.44, etc.)]; mainly poetry, but once in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 2.62 (_plural_), and in late Prose (see. below))], but never in Attic dialect Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.316, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.329, +others)]: hence, plural for a single house, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.259, frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 607, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 332, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 301, etc.)]
2 of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.13, etc.; κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21)]; frequently of Pluto, δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.21; ὦ δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 110; Πλούτωνος δ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 808 (Lyric poetry))]; of a temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.53, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 242, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71.)]
3 δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, [Refs ([prev. work] 29.)]
4 housetop, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.22.8, NT.Matt.24.17, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 5.5, “POxy.” 475.22 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II household, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1468 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1226, etc.)]; compare δῶ.
(δέμω) house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.44, etc.)]; mainly poetry, but once in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 2.62 (_plural_), and in late Prose (see. below))], but never in Attic dialect Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.316, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.329, +others)]: hence, plural for a single house, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2.259, frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 607, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 332, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 301, etc.)]
2 of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.13, etc.; κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21)]; frequently of Pluto, δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.21; ὦ δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 110; Πλούτωνος δ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 808 (Lyric poetry))]; of a temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.53, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 242, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71.)]
3 δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, [Refs ([prev. work] 29.)]
4 housetop, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.22.8, NT.Matt.24.17, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 5.5, “POxy.” 475.22 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II household, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1468 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1226, etc.)]; compare δῶ.