Housetop
δῶμαStrong’s G1430dōma
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dōma is the Greek word usually translated “housetop” and “housetops”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”
Meaning
Usually translated “housetop” and “housetops”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- housetop 5
- housetops 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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:
Greek dictionary
δῶμα dōma · housetop
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.