גָּגgâg

roof, top

Pronunciation: gawg · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1406

Meanings

1. roof (Deuteronomy 22:8; Joshua 2:6; Joshua 2:8)

2. top of altar of incense, in tabernacle (Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26)

Same root

גָּאָהgâʼâh · H1342to mount up; hence, in general, to rise, (figuratively) be majestic

Where it appears

Appears 30 times in the Bible.

Exodus 30:3 Overlay the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and run a gold molding around the entire altar.
Exodus 37:26 He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.
Deuteronomy 22:8 “When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.
Joshua 2:6 (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.)
Joshua 2:8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them.
Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.

See every passage

Exodus 30:3, 37:26
Deuteronomy 22:8
Joshua 2:6, 2:8
Judges 9:51, 16:27
1 Samuel 9:25, 9:26
2 Samuel 11:2, 16:22, 18:24
2 Kings 19:26, 23:12
Nehemiah 8:16
Psalms 102:7, 129:6
Proverbs 21:9, 25:24
Isaiah 15:3, 22:1, 37:27
Jeremiah 19:13, 32:29, 48:38
Ezekiel 40:13
Zephaniah 1:5

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).