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Keramos

ker'-am-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Keramos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 1
  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"
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
keramoß
Origin
probably from the base of (2767) (through the idea of mixing clay and water)
Strong's Number
2766
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

tiles
1
Total
1

NAS Verse Count

1
Total
1
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Keramos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.