noun · neuter
dōmem
Greekδῶμα (dōma)
Strong’sG1430
the top of the house
stem dōm-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δῶμα, -τος, τό
(< δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1430 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddo'-mah
properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof
Fromfrom δέμω (to build);
King Jameshousetop.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | dōmem | dōmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | dōmeu3×δώματος | dōmeiu2×δωμάτων |
| to, for dative | dōme | dōmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dōme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
dōmeu“housetop”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 24:17“housetop”tos epi teu dōmeu mē katabainatar airara teim ek tau oikiau autou,Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
Mark 13:15“housetop”tos epi teu dōmeu mē katabainatar mēde eiserchatar tinem airara ek tau oikiau autou,Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Luke 17:31“housetop”en ekeina ta hēmera hos eti epi teu dōmeu kai teim skeueim autou en ta oikia, mē katabainatar airara auteim, kai tos en agro homoiōs mē epistrefatar eis teim opisō.On 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.
dōmeiu“housetops”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Matthew 10:27“housetops”hem legamō vi en ta skotia, legavar en te fōte; kai hem eis tem ouem akouavō, kērussavar epi teiu dōmeiu.What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Luke 12:3“housetops”anti heiu hoseim en ta skotia legava en te fōte akouiti, kai hem pros tem ouem lalava en tei tameiei kērussiti epi teiu dōmeiu.What 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.
dōmem2×
Luke 5:19“roof”kai mē heuriskaratois poiau eisferaleia auton dia ton ochlon anabainaratois epi tem dōmem dia toiu keramoiu kathiēkala auton sun te klinidie eis tem mesem emprosthen tou Iēsu.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.
Acts 10:9“housetop”Ta de epaurion hodoiporarōtoiu ekeinoiu kai ta polita engizarōtoiu anabainata Petros epi tem dōmem proseuchera peri hōran hektan.The 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.