LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G1430 - dōma

Choose a new font size and typeface
δῶμα
Transliteration
dōma (Key)
Pronunciation
do'-mah
Listen
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From demo (to build)
Strong’s Definitions

δῶμα dōma, do'-mah; from δέμω démō (to build); properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof:—housetop.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1430 in the following manner: house top (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1430 in the following manner: house top (7x).
  1. a building, house

  2. a part of a building, dining room, hall

  3. house top, roof

    1. the house tops of the Orientals were (and still are) level and frequented not only for walking, but also for meditation and prayer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δῶμα dōma, do'-mah; from δέμω démō (to build); properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof:—housetop.
STRONGS G1430:
δῶμα, -τος, 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 Scriptures equivalent to גָּג, 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 10:9; hence, ἐπὶ δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα... κατ’ ὀφθαλμοὺς παντὸς Ἰσραήλ, 2 Samuel 16:22.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
16:22
Matthew
10:27; 24:17
Mark
13:15
Luke
5:19; 12:3; 17:31
Acts
10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1430 matches the Greek δῶμα (dōma),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 -

“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - But she had brought them up to the roof and concealed them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 -

Now before they lay down, [fn]she came up to them on the roof

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the lords of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 -

Then they came down from the high place into the city, and Samuel spoke with Saul on the [fn]roof.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And they arose early; and at the [fn]breaking of dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, “Get up, that I may send you away.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 -

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 -

Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running by himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 -

‘So their inhabitants were short of power,

They were dismayed and put to shame;

They were as the plant of the field and as the green herb,

As grass on the rooftops is scorched before it rises.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Also, the altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, the king tore down; and he [fn]crushed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He also sacrificed and offered offerings in smoke on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 -

I lie awake,

I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 -

Let them be like grass upon the rooftops,

Which dries up before it [fn]grows up;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 -

It is better to live in a corner of the roof

Than [fn]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 -

In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;

On their rooftops and in their squares

Everyone is wailing, [fn]dissolved in weeping.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 -

The [fn]oracle concerning the valley of vision.

What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 -

“So their inhabitants were short of power;

They were dismayed and put to shame;

They were as the plant of the field and as the green herb,

As grass on the rooftops [fn]is scorched before it rises.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have burned incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - “On all the rooftops of Moab and in its open squares [fn]there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel,” declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 -

And those who worship on the housetops the host of heaven,

And those who worship and swear to Yahweh and yet swear by [fn]Milcom,

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan