What does δῶμα (dōma) mean in the Bible?
δῶμα (dōma): Flat eastern rooftop used as accessible outdoor space, not merely a roof covering structure.
Greek · G1430
δῶμα
Housetop
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δῶμα G1430
Pronunciation dōma
What does δῶμα (dōma) mean in the Bible?
δῶμα (dōma): Flat eastern rooftop used as accessible outdoor space, not merely a roof covering structure.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1430?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include housetop (3), housetops (2), roof (2).
Where does δῶμα (dōma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (2), Acts (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It housetop 3× Matthew 24:17, Mark 13:15, Luke 17:31
housetops 2× Matthew 10:27, Luke 12:3
roof 2× Luke 5:19, Acts 10:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 10:27 δωμάτων to housetops Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 24:17 δώματος to housetop Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Mark 13:15 δώματος to housetop Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Luke 5:19 δῶμα to roof Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 12:3 δωμάτων to housetops Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Luke 17:31 δώματος to housetop Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Acts 10:9 δῶμα to roof Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:27
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Luke 3 Acts 1
Source forms
δώματος 3x dōmatos Matthew 24:17, Mark 13:15, Luke 17:31
δῶμα 2x dōma Luke 5:19, Acts 10:9
δωμάτων 2x dōmatōn Matthew 10:27, Luke 12:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 24:17, Mark 13:15, Luke 17:31
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Luke 5:19, Acts 10:9
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 10:27, Luke 12:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Flat eastern rooftop used as accessible outdoor space, not merely a roof covering structure.
Strong's G1430
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 5:19 Source Gloss
housetop
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Flat eastern rooftop used as accessible outdoor space, not merely a roof covering structure.
(δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג ;] chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose;
1a house, hall.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:27 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
δωμάτων. dwmatwn
the top of the house
Read verse Matthew 24:17 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
δώματος dwmatov
the top of the house
Read verse Mark 13:15 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
δώματος dwmatov
the top of the house
Read verse Luke 5:19 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δῶμα, dwma
the top of the house
Read verse Luke 12:3 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
δωμάτων. dwmatwn
the top of the house
Read verse Luke 17:31 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
δώματος, dwmatov
the top of the house
Read verse Acts 10:9 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δῶμα dwma
the top of the house
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 24:17 · Mark 13:15 · Luke 17:31 3×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:27 · Luke 12:3 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 5:19 · Acts 10:9 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical structure of house where men lower paralytic through tiles
Elevated position from which to flee during eschatological distress
Place of prayer and divine vision where Peter receives revelation
Public proclamation site, metaphorical place of public declaration
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain