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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G2766 - Tiling

Strong's No.:G2766

Greek:κέραμος

Transliteration:keramos

Phonetic:ker'-am-os

Word Origin:Probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water)

Bible Usage:tiling.

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"


Bible References:
Tiling

Translation
Occurrences:
tiling ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.