Definition
probably by reduplication from H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
Traditional renderings: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Traditional renderings: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּג:
- δῶμαdōma“housetop”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
30 total
- Exodus 30:3גַּגּ֧וֹ · the topOverlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- Exodus 37:26גַּגּ֧וֹ · the topAnd he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it.
- Deuteronomy 22:8לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ · around your roofIf you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
- Joshua 2:6הַגָּ֑גָה · to the roof; הַגָּֽג׃ · [there](But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
- Joshua 2:8הַגָּֽג׃ · the roofBefore the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
- Judges 9:51גַּ֥ג · the roofBut there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- Judges 16:27הַגָּ֗ג · the roofNow the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
- 1 Samuel 9:25הַגָּֽג׃ · the roof of his houseAnd after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.
- 1 Samuel 9:26הַגָּג · on the roofThey got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
- 2 Samuel 11:2גַּ֣ג · the roof; הַגָּ֑ג · the roofOne evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 16:22הַגָּ֑ג · the roofSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 18:24גַּ֤ג · the roofNow David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
- 2 Kings 19:26גַּגּ֔וֹת · on the rooftopsTherefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- 2 Kings 23:12הַגָּג֩ · the roofHe pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
- Nehemiah 8:16גַּגּוֹ֙ · rooftopsAnd the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
- Psalm 102:7גָּֽג׃ · a housetopI lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- Psalm 129:6גַּגּ֑וֹת · on the rooftopsMay they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
- Proverbs 21:9גָּ֑ג · of the roofBetter to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24גָּ֑ג · of the roofBetter to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Isaiah 15:3גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ · the rooftopsIn its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
- Isaiah 22:1לַגַּגּֽוֹת׃ · to the rooftopsThis is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
- Isaiah 37:27גַּגּ֔וֹת · on the rooftopsTherefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- Jeremiah 19:13גַּגֹּֽתֵיהֶם֙ · whose rooftopsThe houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
- Jeremiah 32:29גַּגּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם · their rooftopsAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 48:38גַּגּ֥וֹת · the rooftopsOn all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 40:13מִגַּ֤ג · from the roof; לְגַגּ֔וֹ · to the roofThen he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.
- Zephaniah 1:5הַגַּגּ֖וֹת · the rooftops…those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,