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Lexicon :: Strong's H1406 - gāḡ

Aa
גָּג
Transliteration
gāḡ
Pronunciation
gawg
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably by reduplication from גָּאָה (H1342)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 312

Strong’s Definitions

גָּג gâg, gawg; probably by reduplication from H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar:—roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H1406 in the following manner: roof (12x), housetop (8x), top (6x), ... house (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H1406 in the following manner: roof (12x), housetop (8x), top (6x), ... house (4x).

  1. roof, top, housetop

    1. roof (of house)

    2. top (of altar of incense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּג gâg, gawg; probably by reduplication from H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar:—roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
STRONGS H1406: Abbreviations
† גָּג noun masculine roof, top (Late Hebrew id.; Di compare Ethiopic ጋግ፡ ጋጋ፡ vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dubious; Thes proposes גגג; perhaps גנג (= גנגן) cover Bö§ 292 Sta§ 189 a MV) — גָּג Joshua 2:6 + 9 times + 1 Samuel 9:26 Kt (Qr גָּ֫גָה), גָּ֫גָה Joshua 2:6; 1 Samuel 9:26 Qr (Kt גג); construct Judges 9:51 + 2 times + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); suffix גַּגֶּךָ֑ Deuteronomy 22:8, גַּגּוֺ Exodus 30:3 + 2 times + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); plural גַּגּוֺת Isaiah 37:27 + 5 times; suffix גַּגּוֺתֶיהָ Isaiah 15:3, גַּגּוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 32:29, גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 19:13; —
1. roof (of house) Deuteronomy 22:8; Joshua 2:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 2:8; Joshua 16:27; 1 Samuel 9:25, 26; 2 Samuel 11:2 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 16:22; 2 Kings 19:26 = Isaiah 37:27; Nehemiah 8:16; Psalm 102:8; Psalm 129:6; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:1; Jeremiah 48:38; as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5; so הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז 2 Kings 23:12, roof of tower Judges 9:51, over gate 2 Samuel 18:24, of chamber Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) (but Greek Version of the LXX Co קיר).
2. top of altar of incense, in tabernacle Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26 (both P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:3; 30:3; 37:26

Deuteronomy

22:8; 22:8

Joshua

2:6; 2:6; 2:6; 2:8

Judges

9:51; 9:51

1 Samuel

9:25; 9:26; 9:26; 9:26

2 Samuel

11:2; 16:22; 18:24

2 Kings

19:26; 23:12

Nehemiah

8:16

Psalms

102:8; 129:6

Proverbs

21:9; 25:24

Isaiah

15:3; 15:3; 22:1; 37:27; 37:27

Jeremiah

19:13; 19:13; 32:29; 32:29; 48:38

Ezekiel

40:13; 40:13; 40:13

Zephaniah

1:5

H1406

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Strong's Number H1406 matches the Hebrew גָּג (gāḡ),
which occurs 31 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:26 - And he overlaid H6823 it H853 with H2091➔ pure H2889 gold, ➔H2091 both the top of it, H1406 and H853 the sides thereof H7023 round about, H5439 and H853 the horns of it: H7161 also he made H6213 unto it a crown H2213 of gold H2091 round about. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - When H3588 thou buildest H1129 a H1004➔ new H2319 house, ➔H1004 then thou shalt make H6213 a battlement H4624 for thy roof, H1406 that H3808➔ thou bring H7760 not ➔H3808 blood H1818 upon thine house, H1004 if H3588 any man H5307 fall H5307 from thence. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - But she H1931 had brought them up H5927 to the roof of the house, H1406 and hid them H2934 with H6593➔ the stalks H6086 of flax, ➔H6593 which H6186➔ she had laid in order ➔H6186 upon H5921 the roof. H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:8 - And H1992 before H2962 they were laid down, H7901 she H1931 came up H5927 unto them H5921 upon H5921 the roof; H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - Now the house H1004 was full H4390 of men H376 and women; H802 and H8033➔ all H3605 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 were there; ➔H8033 and H5921➔ there were upon ➔H5921 the roof H1406 about three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 and women, H802 that beheld H7200 while H7832➔ Samson H8123 made sport. ➔H7832

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:25 - And when they were come down H3381 from the high place H1116 into the city, H5892 Samuel communed H1696 with H5973 Saul H7586 upon H5921 the top of the house. H1406

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - And it came to pass H1961 in H6256 an eveningtide, H6153 that H6965➔ David H1732 arose ➔H6965 from H5921 off his bed, H4904 and walked H1980 upon H5921 the roof H1406 of H1004➔ the king's H4428 house: ➔H1004 and H7200➔ from H5921 the roof H1406 he saw ➔H7200 a woman H802 washing herself; H7364 and the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H2896 to look upon. H4758

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they spread H5186 Absalom H53 a tent H168 upon H5921 the top of the house; H1406 and H935➔ Absalom H53 went in ➔H935 unto H413 his father's H1 concubines H6370 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:24 - And David H1732 sat H3427 between H996 the H8179➔ two H8147 gates: ➔H8179 and H3212➔ the watchman H6822 went up ➔H3212 to H413 the roof H1406 over the gate H8179 unto H413 the wall, H2346 and lifted up H5375 his eyes, H5869 and looked, H7200 and behold H2009 a man H376 running H7323 alone. H905

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Therefore their inhabitants were H3427 of H3027➔ small H7116 power, ➔H3027 they were dismayed H2865 and confounded; H954 they were H1961 as the grass H6212 of the field, H7704 and as the green H3419 herb, H1877 as the grass H2682 on the housetops, H1406 and as corn blasted H7711 before H6440 it be grown up. H7054

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And H853 the altars H4196 that H834 were on H5921 the top H1406 of the upper chamber H5944 of Ahaz, H271 which H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had made, H6213 and H853 the altars H4196 which H834 Manasseh H4519 had made H6213 in H8147➔ the H2691➔ two ➔H8147 courts ➔H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 did H5422➔ the king H4428 beat down, ➔H5422 and brake them down H7323 from thence, H8033 and cast H7993 the dust of them H6083 into H413 the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So H3318➔ the people H5971 went forth, ➔H3318 and brought H935 them, and made H6213 themselves booths, H5521 every one H376 upon H5921 the roof of his house, H1406 and in their courts, H2691 and in the courts H2691 of the house H1004 of God, H430 and in the street H7339 of H8179➔ the water H4325 gate, ➔H8179 and in the street H7339 of the gate H8179 of Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I watch, H8245 and am H1961 as a sparrow H6833 alone H909 upon H5921 the house top. H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - Let them be H1961 as the grass H2682 upon the housetops, H1406 which withereth H3001 afore H6927 it groweth up: H8025

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets H2351 they shall gird themselves H2296 with sackcloth: H8242 on H5921 the tops of their houses, H1406 and in their streets, H7339 every one H3605 shall howl, H3213 weeping H1065 abundantly. H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:1 - The burden H4853 of the valley H1516 of vision. H2384 What H4100 aileth thee now, H645 that H3588 thou art H5927➔ wholly H3605 gone up ➔H5927 to the housetops? H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were of H3027➔ small H7116 power, ➔H3027 they were dismayed H2865 and confounded: H954 they were H1961 as the grass H6212 of the field, H7704 and as the green H3419 herb, H1877 as the grass H2682 on the housetops, H1406 and H7709➔ as corn blasted ➔H7709 before H6440 it be grown up. H7054

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - And H1961➔ the houses H1004 of Jerusalem, H3389 and the houses H1004 of the kings H4428 of Judah, H3063 shall be ➔H1961 defiled H2931 as the place H4725 of Tophet, H8612 because of all H3605 the houses H1004 upon H5921 whose H834 roofs H1406 they have burned incense H6999 unto all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and have poured out H5258 drink offerings H5262 unto H430➔ other H312 gods. ➔H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - And H935➔ the Chaldeans, H3778 that fight H3898 against H5921 this H2063 city, H5892 shall come ➔H935 and set H3341 fire on H784 this H2063 city, H5892 and burn it H8313 with H853 the houses, H1004 upon H5921 whose H834 roofs H1406 they have offered incense H6999 unto Baal, H1168 and poured out H5258 drink offerings H5262 unto H430➔ other H312 gods, ➔H430 to H4616 provoke me to anger. H3707

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:38 - There shall be lamentation H4553 generally H3605 upon H5921 all H3605 the housetops H1406 of Moab, H4124 and in the streets thereof: H7339 for H3588 I have broken H7665 Moab H4124 like a vessel H3627 wherein is no H369 pleasure, H2656 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured then H4058 the gate H8179 from the roof H1406 of one little chamber H8372 to the roof of another: H1406 the breadth H7341 was five and H2568 twenty H6242 cubits, H520 door H6607 against H5048 door. H6607

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - And H853 them that worship H7812 the H8064➔ host H6635 of heaven ➔H8064 upon H5921 the housetops; H1406 and H853 them that worship H7812 and that swear H7650 by the LORD, H3068 and that swear H7650 by Malcham; H4445
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