δῶμαdōma
chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose
Greek (New Testament) · G1430
Meanings
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, Matthew 24:17, Mark 13:15, Luke 12:3, Luke 17:31.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 10:27 What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
- Matthew 24:17 A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.
- Mark 13:15 A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.
- Luke 5:19 but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- Luke 12:3 Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!
- Luke 17:31 On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.