Strong G2766κέραμος
clay roof tile
- Transliteration
- keramos
- Pronunciation
- ker'-am-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water);
earthenware that is a tile (by analogy a thin roof or awning): - tiling.
earthenware that is a tile (by analogy a thin roof or awning): - tiling.
Detailed definition
κεραμος, -ου, ὁ
(κεράννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ki.17:28 (יָצַר כְּלִי)*;]
1. potter's clay.
2. an earthen vessel.
3. a tile: Luk.5:19.†
(AS)
(κεράννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ki.17:28 (יָצַר כְּלִי)*;]
1. potter's clay.
2. an earthen vessel.
3. a tile: Luk.5:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2766 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tiling1
First verses
- 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.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κέρᾰμος, ὁ,
rare plural κέραμα, τά, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3P. 327 (3rd c.BC))]:— potter's earth, potter's clay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384b19, etc.; κ. ὠμός, ὀπτώμενος, [prev. work] 380b8, 383a21.)]
II anything made of this earth, as
II.1 earthen vessel, wine-jar, ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.469, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.96)]; in collective sense, pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 902, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 75, +others)]; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.6, compare 5.88, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 257.3, etc.)]
II.1.b jar of other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 7J.)]
II.2 tile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295 (of a tortoise's shell))]; collectively, tiling, τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις.. ξυντρίψομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1127, compare “fragment” 349, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; Κορίνθιος κ. “IG” 22.1668.58; Λακωνικός [prev. work]463.69, 1672.188;)] roof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 130.6, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.44, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.26, 9.824.)]
II.3 pottery (i.e.place of manufacture), ὁ κ. ὁ χυτρικός [Refs (“Tab.Defix.Praef.” p.iib.)]
III dungeon (said by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia to be Cyprian), χαλκέῳ ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.387, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.6 codex M; _plural_, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 16.162)]. (Possibly cognate with Latin cremo.)
rare plural κέραμα, τά, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3P. 327 (3rd c.BC))]:— potter's earth, potter's clay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384b19, etc.; κ. ὠμός, ὀπτώμενος, [prev. work] 380b8, 383a21.)]
II anything made of this earth, as
II.1 earthen vessel, wine-jar, ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.469, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.96)]; in collective sense, pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 902, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 75, +others)]; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.6, compare 5.88, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 257.3, etc.)]
II.1.b jar of other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 7J.)]
II.2 tile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295 (of a tortoise's shell))]; collectively, tiling, τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις.. ξυντρίψομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1127, compare “fragment” 349, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; Κορίνθιος κ. “IG” 22.1668.58; Λακωνικός [prev. work]463.69, 1672.188;)] roof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 130.6, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.44, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.26, 9.824.)]
II.3 pottery (i.e.place of manufacture), ὁ κ. ὁ χυτρικός [Refs (“Tab.Defix.Praef.” p.iib.)]
III dungeon (said by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia to be Cyprian), χαλκέῳ ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.387, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.6 codex M; _plural_, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 16.162)]. (Possibly cognate with Latin cremo.)