G2766

κέραμος

keramos

Masculine noun · Probably from the base of κεράννυμι (G2767) (through the idea of mixing clay and water)

Probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water); earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning):—tiling.

Outline

  1. clay, potter's earth
  2. anything made of clay, earthen ware
  3. a roofing tile
    1. the roof itself
    2. 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"
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