Lexical Summary stegē: a roof Original Word: στέγηTransliteration: stegē Phonetic Spelling: (steg'-ay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a roof Meaning: a roof Strong's Concordance roof. Strengthened from a primary tegos (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building); a roof -- roof. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4721: στέγηστέγη, στεγης, ἡ (στέγω to cover), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, a roof: of a house, Mark 2:4; ἐισέρχεσθαι ὑπό τήν στέγην τίνος (see εἰσέρχομαι, 1, p. 187{b} bottom), Matthew 8:8; Luke 7:6. |