Strongs Number: G2766
- Greek Word
- κέραμος
- Transliteration
- keramos
- Phonetic
- ker'-am-os
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
earthenware that is a tile (by analogy a thin roof or awning)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. clay, potter's earth
2. anything made of clay, earthen ware
3. a roofing tile
a. the roof itself
b. the 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"
- Origin
- Probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water)
- Bible Usage
- tiling.