G2766Greekkerámōn

κεράμων

earthenware, i.e., a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)

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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)

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