GreekG2766Noun (Masculine)
κέραμος
keramos
“clay roof tile”
1Occurrences
G2766Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)
probably from the base of G2767 (κεράννυμι) (through the idea of mixing clay and water);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.potter's clay.
2.an earthen vessel.
3.a tile
LXX: (יָצַר כְּלִי)*
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
κέραμος appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Luke
1
Key Passages
Luke 5:19BSB
but 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.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.