Strong's Number G2766

κέραμος

keramos · ker'-am-os

Transliteration:

keramos{ker'-am-os}

Word Origin:

probably from the base of 2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water)

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)

Usage in the KJV:

tiling 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

clay, potter's earth
anything made of clay, earthen ware
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" For Synonyms see entry 5858