Strong's Concordance dóma: a house, a housetop Original Word: δῶμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dóma Phonetic Spelling: (do'-mah) Short Definition: the top of the house Definition: the roof (of a house), the top of the house. HELPS Word-studies 1430 dṓma (from demō, "to build a house") – the roof-area of a flat-roof house. Flat housetops were ideal on hot summer nights for sleeping and passing on information "from one housetop to another." Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1430: δῶμαδῶμα, δώματος, τό (δέμω, to build); 1. a building, house, (Homer and following). 2. a part of a building, dining-room, hall, (Homer and following). 3. in the Script. equivalent to γααγ house-top, roof (Winer's Grammar, 23): Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 5:19; Luke 17:31. The house-tops of the Orientals were (and still are) level, and were frequented not only for walking but also for meditation and prayer: Acts 10:3; hence, ἐπί δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; ἐπί τό δῶμα ... κατ' ὀφθαλμούς παντός Ἰσραήλ, 2 Samuel 16:22. From demo (to build); properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof -- housetop. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 14307 Occurrences δῶμα — 2 Occ. δωμάτων — 2 Occ. δώματος — 3 Occ. Matthew 10:27 N-GNP GRK: ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων NAS: proclaim upon the housetops. KJV: [that] preach ye upon the housetops. INT: upon the housetops Matthew 24:17 N-GNS Mark 13:15 N-GNS Luke 5:19 N-ANS Luke 12:3 N-GNP Luke 17:31 N-GNS Acts 10:9 N-ANS |
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