Bible Dictionary: House-tops

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Greek

1430. doma -- a house, a housetop
... Word Origin from demo (to build) Definition a house, a housetop NASB Word
Usage housetop (4), housetops (2), roof (1). housetop. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1406. gag -- a roof, a top
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a roof, a top NASB Word Usage housetop
(1), housetops (7), roof (18), roofs (1), rooftops (1), top (2). ...
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Library

Psalm CXXIX.
... The next words are, "Let them be even as the grass of the house tops: that withereth
before it be plucked up" (ver.6). The grass of the house tops is that ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxix.htm

Matt. x. 23
... On the house tops," and, "In the light," without any shrinking, and with all freedom.
And wherefore said He not only, "Preach on the housetops," and "Speak in ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxiv matt x 23.htm

1 Cor. Ii. 6, 7
... text akouete.) "What ye have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops." How
then ... things we have heard in the ear, to speak upon the house tops," so have ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily vii 1 cor ii.htm

Titus i. 4-Jan
... On this account Christ did not say, Tell it "upon the housetops," but "preach upon
the housetops" (Matthew 10:27.); showing both by the place and by the manner ...
/.../homily i titus i 4-jan.htm

Different Degrees of Knowledge.
... Comprehending this, as He who taught wished, and receiving it in its grand sense,
he teaches worthily "on the housetops" [3413] those capable of being built to ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xv different degrees of knowledge.htm

Preface
... people. This fact is so significant and yet so little recognized that one
feels impelled to go out and proclaim it on the housetops. ...
/.../kent/the origin and permanent value of the old testament/preface.htm

Christianity Misunderstood by Believers.
... even to the darkest recesses of human consciousness; when, in the words of Christ,
that which was spoken in the ear is proclaimed from the housetops; and when ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter iii christianity misunderstood by.htm

Institutions of Jesus.
... afterward to the world.[2] "What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light;
and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops." This spared ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xviii institutions of jesus.htm

Under Ban of the Ritual
... Each household sought the breezes on the balconies that galleried the inner walls
of the courts, or upon the pillared and canopied housetops. ...
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The Day of Blood at Prague.
... of infantry and cavalry ranged around it; they saw the eager, excited throng, surging
and swaying in the Square below and crowding on the house-tops to right ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xv the day of.htm

Thesaurus

Stork (6 Occurrences)
... In their spring migration many pairs pause in Palestine, others cross the Mediterranean
and spread over the housetops, ruins and suitable building-places of ...
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Grows (46 Occurrences)
... were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of
the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn ...
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Vegetation (18 Occurrences)
... of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like ...
of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold ...
/v/vegetation.htm - 11k

Generally (7 Occurrences)
... Version as the translation of kullah (Pual of kalah), "the whole of it," "There
shall be lamentation generally (universally) upon all the housetops of Moab ...
/g/generally.htm - 11k

Whispered (4 Occurrences)
... light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. ... what you
have whispered within closed doors will be proclaimed from the house-tops. ...
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Townsmen (18 Occurrences)
... is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were
like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops. ...
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Daylight (24 Occurrences)
... Daylight (24 Occurrences). Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak
in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. ...
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Powerless (19 Occurrences)
... were powerless, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the growing grass,
and as the green herb, As the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted ...
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Blighted (6 Occurrences)
... were powerless, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the growing grass,
and as the green herb, As the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted ...
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Blasted (6 Occurrences)
... They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass
on the housetops, and like grain blasted before it has grown up. ...
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Bible Concordance

House-tops (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
(ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Luke 12:3 Whatever therefore you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered within closed doors will be proclaimed from the house-tops.
(WEY BBE WBS YLT)

2 Kings 19:26 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.
(BBE WBS)

Psalms 129:6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
(BBE DBY WBS)

Isaiah 22:1 The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops?
(BBE WBS)

Isaiah 37:27 This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.
(BBE WBS)

Jeremiah 48:38 On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.
(BBE WBS)

Zephaniah 1:5 And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
(BBE WBS)

Subtopics

House-tops

Related Terms

Grows (46 Occurrences)

Vegetation (18 Occurrences)

Generally (7 Occurrences)

Whispered (4 Occurrences)

Townsmen (18 Occurrences)

Daylight (24 Occurrences)

Powerless (19 Occurrences)

Blighted (6 Occurrences)