δῶμα (dōma) means “housetop” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: do'-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
δῶμα · dōma · 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)
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the roof (of a house), the top of the house.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| housetop | 3 |
| housetops | 2 |
| roof | 2 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the housetop | 5 |
| the housetops | 2 |
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Read word by wordLet no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
Read word by wordLet no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Read word by wordbut 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.
Read word by wordWhat 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
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