noun · feminine
stegas
Greekστέγη (stegē)
Strong’sG4721
a flat roof of a house
stem steg-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
στέγη, -ης, ἡ
(< στέγω) [in LXX: Ge 8:13 (מִכְסֶה), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4721 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsteg'-ay
a roof
Fromstrengthened from a primary τέγος (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building);
King Jamesroof.
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 nominative | stegas | stegais |
| object accusative | stegan3×στέγην | stegain |
| direct address vocative | stegar | stegair |
| of, belonging to genitive | stegau | stegaiu |
| to, for dative | stega | stegai |
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
stega 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
stegan“roof”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 8:8“roof”kai apokriniratos tos hekatontarchos fēate; Kurior, ouk amō hikanos hina mu hupo tan stegan eiserchaseia; alla monem legasar logo, kai iiti tos paidos mu;The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Mark 2:4“roof”kai mē dunerōtois prosferara auto dia ton ochlon apostegazala tan stegan hopou ate, kai exorussaratois chalalō ton krabatton hopou tos paralutikos katakeiete.Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
Luke 7:6“roof”tos de Iēsus poreuete sun autoi. ēdē de autou ouk makran apecharōtou apo tau oikiau pempata filoin tos hekatontarchēos legarōtos auto; Kurior, mē skullisōr, ouk gar hikanos amō hina hupo tan stegan mu eiserchaseia;So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.