G2766Greekkerámōn
κεράμων
earthenware, i.e., a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1clay, potter's earth
- 2the roof itself
- 3the phrase "through the roof", means through the door in the roof to which a ladder or stairway led up from the street (according to the rabbis distinguish two ways of entering a house, "the way through the door" and "the way through the roof"
- 4anything made of clay, earthen ware
- 5a roofing tile
Etymology & Derivation
probably from the base of g2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water)