גָּג
gâg · gawg
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
Lexicon
Derivation: probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
- a roof
- by analogy, the top of an altar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to carry, to lift up
To carry, to lift up that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to the roof3 · 10%
- upon the roof2 · 7%
- upon the top of the house2 · 7%
- on the housetops2 · 7%
- upon the housetops2 · 7%
- of the housetop2 · 7%
- upon whose roofs2 · 7%
- the top1 · 3%
- both the top1 · 3%
- for thy roof1 · 3%
- unto them upon the roof1 · 3%
- to the top1 · 3%
- were there; and there were upon the roof1 · 3%
- to the top of the house1 · 3%
- and from the roof1 · 3%
- that were on the top1 · 3%
- upon the roof of his house1 · 3%
- upon the house top1 · 3%
- on the tops1 · 3%
- to the housetops1 · 3%
- generally upon all the housetops1 · 3%
- from the roof1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.