Bible Dictionary: Housetops

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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

Matt. x. 23
... For, "What I tell you," saith He, "in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what
ye have heard in the ear, that preach ye [1446] upon the housetops." [1447]. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxiv matt x 23.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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I am Sending You as Lambs among Wolves: be Ye Now Wise as Serpents ...
... What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye have told
[13] secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaimed on the housetops. ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section xiii i am sending.htm

1 Cor. Ii. 6, 7
... text akouete.) "What ye have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops." How
then does he call it "a mystery?" Because that neither angel nor archangel ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily vii 1 cor ii.htm

The Widened Mission, Its Perils and Defences
... 27. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear
in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.28. And ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the widened mission its perils.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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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 ...
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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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Confounded (64 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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Tops (37 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. ...
/t/tops.htm - 18k

Darkness (177 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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Bible Concordance

Housetops (9 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.
(WEB KJV NAS RSV)

Luke 12:3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY NAS RSV)

2 Kings 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power. They were dismayed and confounded. 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.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 129:6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Isaiah 15:3 In their streets, they dress themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Isaiah 37:27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 48:38 On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Zephaniah 1:5 those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS)

Subtopics

Housetops

Related Terms

Grows (46 Occurrences)

Generally (7 Occurrences)

Daylight (24 Occurrences)

Powerless (19 Occurrences)

Blighted (6 Occurrences)

Blasted (6 Occurrences)

Confounded (64 Occurrences)

Tops (37 Occurrences)

Darkness (177 Occurrences)