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HebrewH1406Noun (Masculine)

גָּג

gag

26Occurrences
H1406Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. roof, top, housetop 1a) roof (of house) 1b) top (of altar of incense)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גָּג appears 26 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3
Isaiah
3
Jeremiah
3
1 Samuel
2
2 Kings
2
Exodus
2
Judges
2
Joshua
2

Key Passages

1 Samuel 9:25BSB

And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

2 Samuel 16:22BSB

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Ezk 40:13BSB

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Judges 9:51BSB

But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

Joshua 2:8BSB

Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.