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Clay roof tile

κέραμοςStrong’s G2766

keramos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Keramos is the Greek word usually translated “tiles”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And 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 5:19 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “tiles”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • tiles 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    κέραμος keramos · clay roof tile

    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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “tile” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TILE, noun

    [Latin tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck.]

    1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings.
    2. In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
    3. A piece of baked clay used in drains.
    All definitions and other forms of “tile”

      TILE, verb transitive

      To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

      1. To cover, as tiles.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.