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Lexicon :: Strong's H1406 - gāḡ

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גָּג
Transliteration
gāḡ
Pronunciation
gawg
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably by reduplication from גָּאָה (H1342)
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TWOT Reference: 312

Strong’s Definitions

גָּג gâg, gawg; probably by reduplication from H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar:—roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H1406 in the following manner: roof (12x), housetop (8x), top (6x), ... house (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H1406 in the following manner: roof (12x), housetop (8x), top (6x), ... house (4x).

  1. roof, top, housetop

    1. roof (of house)

    2. top (of altar of incense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּג gâg, gawg; probably by reduplication from H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar:—roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
STRONGS H1406: Abbreviations
† גָּג noun masculine roof, top (Late Hebrew id.; Di compare Ethiopic ጋግ፡ ጋጋ፡ vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dubious; Thes proposes גגג; perhaps גנג (= גנגן) cover Bö§ 292 Sta§ 189 a MV) — גָּג Joshua 2:6 + 9 times + 1 Samuel 9:26 Kt (Qr גָּ֫גָה), גָּ֫גָה Joshua 2:6; 1 Samuel 9:26 Qr (Kt גג); construct Judges 9:51 + 2 times + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); suffix גַּגֶּךָ֑ Deuteronomy 22:8, גַּגּוֺ Exodus 30:3 + 2 times + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); plural גַּגּוֺת Isaiah 37:27 + 5 times; suffix גַּגּוֺתֶיהָ Isaiah 15:3, גַּגּוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 32:29, גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 19:13; —
1. roof (of house) Deuteronomy 22:8; Joshua 2:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 2:8; Joshua 16:27; 1 Samuel 9:25, 26; 2 Samuel 11:2 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 16:22; 2 Kings 19:26 = Isaiah 37:27; Nehemiah 8:16; Psalm 102:8; Psalm 129:6; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:1; Jeremiah 48:38; as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5; so הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז 2 Kings 23:12, roof of tower Judges 9:51, over gate 2 Samuel 18:24, of chamber Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) (but Greek Version of the LXX Co קיר).
2. top of altar of incense, in tabernacle Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26 (both P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:3; 30:3; 37:26

Deuteronomy

22:8; 22:8

Joshua

2:6; 2:6; 2:6; 2:8

Judges

9:51; 9:51

1 Samuel

9:25; 9:26; 9:26; 9:26

2 Samuel

11:2; 16:22; 18:24

2 Kings

19:26; 23:12

Nehemiah

8:16

Psalms

102:8; 129:6

Proverbs

21:9; 25:24

Isaiah

15:3; 15:3; 22:1; 37:27; 37:27

Jeremiah

19:13; 19:13; 32:29; 32:29; 48:38

Ezekiel

40:13; 40:13; 40:13

Zephaniah

1:5

H1406

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Strong's Number H1406 matches the Hebrew גָּג (gāḡ),
which occurs 30 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - And thou shalt gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a wreathen border of gold round-about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - If thou shouldest build a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy house; so thou shalt not bring blood-guiltiness upon thy house, if one should in any wise fall from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - But she had brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - And the house was full of men and women, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women looking at the sports of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And it came to pass when the morning [fn]dawned, that Samuel called Saul on the roof, saying, Rise up, and I will dismiss thee. And Saul arose, and he and Samuel went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became as grass of the field, or as the green herb, the grass growing on houses, and that which is trodden down [fn]by him that stands upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - And the people went forth, and brought them, and made booths for themselves, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streets of the city, and as far as the gate of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - (LXX 101:8) I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - (LXX 128:6) Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to dwell in a corner [fn]on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - The Word of the Valley of Sion. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses, wherein they burnt incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to strange gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - (LXX 39:29) and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - (LXX 31:38) And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets shall be mourning: for I have broken him, saith the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over against the other gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
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