G1430

δῶμα

dōmaG:N-N

housetop

δῶμα, -τος, τό (δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג ;] chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose; __1. a house, hall. __2. In LXX (and Hom., Od., x, 554; cf. MGr., terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ. δῶμα, Luk.5:19, Act.10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Mat.10:27 24:17, Mrk.13:15, Luk.12:3 17:31.† (AS)

The KJV translates G1430 in the following manner:

housetop (10x), housetops (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

δῶμα — dōma

δῶμα, 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): Mat 24:17; Mar 13:15; Luk 5:19; Luk 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: Act 10:3; hence, ἐπί δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: Mat 10:27; Luk 12:3; ἐπί τό δῶμα... κατ' ὀφθαλμούς παντός Ἰσραήλ, 2Sa 16:22.

7 occurrences

Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (3), Acts (1)