Rooftop Housetop

† גָּג n.m. roof, top (NH id.; Di comp. Ethiopic ጋግ, ጋጋ vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dub.; Thes proposes גנג; perhaps גנג (= גנגן) cover Bö§ 292 Sta§ 189 a MV)—גָּג Jos 2:6 + 9 times + 1 S 9:26 Kt (Qr גָּ֫גָה), גָּ֫גָה Jos 2:6 1 S 9:26 Qr (Kt גג); cstr. Ju 9:51 + 2 times + Ez 40:13 (del. Co v. infr.); sf. גַּגֶּ֑ךָ Dt 22:8, גַּגּוֹ Ex 30:3 + 2 times + Ez 40:13 (del. Co v. infr.); pl. גַּגּוֹת Is 37:27 + 5 times; sf. גַּגּוֹתֶיהָ Is 15:3, גַּגּוֹתֵיהֶם Je 32:29, גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם Je 19:13;— 1. roof (of house) Dt 22:8 Jos 2:6(×2), 8 Ju 16:27 1 S 9:25, 26 2 S 11:2(×2); 16:22 2 K 19:26 = Is 37:27, Ne 8:16 ψ 102:8; 129:6 Pr 21:9; 25:24 Is 15:3; 22:1 Je 48:38; as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) Je 19:13; 32:29 Zp 1:5; so הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז 2 K 23:12, roof of tower Ju 9:51, over gate 2 S 18:24, of chamber Ez 40:13(×2) (but 𝔊 Co קיר). 2. top of altar of incense, in tabern. Ex 30:3; 37:26 (both P).

δῶμα, ατος, τό, (δέμω) house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. Refs 8th c.BC+; mainly poetry, but once in Refs 5th c.BC+, but never in Attic dialect Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, plural for a single house, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently of Pluto, δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a temple, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, Refs __4 housetop, LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ __II household, family, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare δῶ.

στέγ-η, Doric dialectand Aeolic dialect στέγα, ἡ, roof, NT+5th c.BC+; παρέχειν τινὶ σ. give one shelter, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 ceiling, Refs 7th c.BC+ __II roofed place, chamber, room, Refs 5th c.BC+; covered vestibule, Refs; ἕρκειος σ., of a tent, Refs 5th c.BC+; a hare's seat or form, Refs; ἐκ κατώρυχος σ., of the grave, Refs __II.2 storey of a house, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἡ ἀνωτάτη σ. Refs 1st c.BC+; αἱ στέγαι the upper storeys, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.3 frequently in plural, house, dwelling, Refs 4th c.BC+; κατὰ στέγας at home, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπελεῦσαι τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐπὶ στέγαν to the man's house, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III deck of a ship, in Latin stega, Refs 3rd c.BC+

† מְקָרֶה n.[m.] beam-work;—Ec 10:18.

† סִפֻּן n.[m.] ceiling;—abs. הַסּ׳ 1 K 6:15.