Definition
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, Luke 5:19, Acts 10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Matthew 10:27; 24:17, Mark 13:15, Luke 12:3; 17:31.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as δῶμα:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 10:27δωμάτων · housetopsWhat I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
- Matthew 24:17δώματος · housetopLet no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
- Mark 13:15δώματος · housetopLet no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
- Luke 5:19δῶμα · roof…but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- Luke 12:3δωμάτων · housetopsWhat you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
- Luke 17:31δώματος · housetopOn that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
- Acts 10:9δῶμα · roofThe next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.