H1406 גָּג
gâg — a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
KJV: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Derived from גָּאָה gâʼâh (to mount up)
Occurs 30 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גָּג n.m. roof, top
- 1 roof
- 2 top of altar of incense, in tabern.
Where it occurs
- Exodus 30:3 — You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding…
- Exodus 37:26 — He overlaid it with pure gold: its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
- Deuteronomy 22:8 — When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house…
- Joshua 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the…
- Joshua 2:8 — Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof.
- Judges 9:51 — But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in…
- Judges 16:27 — Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof…
- 1 Samuel 9:25 — When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
- 1 Samuel 9:26 — They arose early; and about daybreak, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, “Get up, that I may send you…
- 2 Samuel 11:2 — At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing…