Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1406

גָּג

gag · “roof”

Used 31 times across 14 books

Definition

1) roof, top, housetop
1a) roof (of house)
1b) top (of altar of incense)

Where it appears

Exodus

2

Deuteronomy

1

Joshua

3

Judges

2

1 Samuel

3

2 Samuel

4

2 Kings

2

Nehemiah

1

Psalms

2

Proverbs

2

Isaiah

3

Jeremiah

3

Ezekiel

2

Zephaniah

1

In the text

Exodus 30:3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.Exodus 37:26And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.Joshua 2:6But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.Joshua 2:8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;Judges 9:51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.Judges 16:27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.1 Samuel 9:26And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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