dōma · housetop

What it means

dōma (δῶμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “housetop”.

Roof, the flat terrace of the roof.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The flat top of a dwelling, which one could go up on.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• housetop ×3
• housetops ×2
• roof ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• Acts×1

• Matthew 10:27

  What I tell you in the dark, say in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

• Matthew 24:17

  let the one on the housetop not come down to take the things out of his house;

• Mark 13:15

  let the one on the housetop not come down nor go in to take anything out of his house;

• Luke 5:19

  And not finding how they could bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with the stretcher into the middle, in front of Jesus.

• Luke 12:3

  Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

• Luke 17:31

  On that day, the one who is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, must not come down to take them; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back to the things behind.

• Acts 10:9

  And on the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray, about the sixth hour.