King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1430
Transliteration: dōma
Phonetic Spelling: (do'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a house, a housetop
Meaning: a house, a housetop
δῶμα, δώματος, τό (δέμω, to build);
Word Summary
dōma: a house, a housetop
Original Word: δῶμαTransliteration: dōma
Phonetic Spelling: (do'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a house, a housetop
Meaning: a house, a housetop
Strong's Concordance
housetop. From demo (to build); properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof -- housetop.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1430: δῶμαδῶμα, δώματος, 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 Script. equivalent to γααγ 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 10:3; hence, ἐπί δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; ἐπί τό δῶμα ... κατ' ὀφθαλμούς παντός Ἰσραήλ, 2 Samuel 16:22.