Lexical Summary gag: a roof, a top Original Word: גָּגTransliteration: gag Phonetic Spelling: (gawg) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a roof, a top Meaning: a roof, the top of an altar Strong's Concordance roof of the house, house top of the house Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar -- roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house). see HEBREW ga'ah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1406. gag גָּג noun masculine roof, top (Late Hebrew id.; Di compare Ethiopic vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dubious; Thes proposes גגג; perhaps גנג (= גנגן) cover Bö§ 292 Sta§ 189 a MV) — גָּג Joshua 2:6 9t. + 1 Samuel 9:26 Kt (Qr גָּ֫גָה), גָּ֫גָה Joshua 2:6; 1 Samuel 9:26 Qr (Kt גג); construct Judges 9:51 2t. + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); suffix גַּגֶּךָ֑ Deuteronomy 22:8, גַּגּוֺ Exodus 30:3 2t. + Ezekiel 40:13 (strike out Co see below); plural גַּגּוֺת Isaiah 37:27 5t.; suffix גַּגּוֺתֶיהָ 15:3, גַּגּוֺתֵיהֶם Jeremiah 32:29, גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם 19:13; — 1 roof (of house) Deuteronomy 22:8; Joshua 2:6 (twice in verse); 2:8; Joshua 16:27; 1 Samuel 9:25-26, 2 Samuel 11:2 (twice in verse); 16:22; 2 Kings 19:26 = Isaiah 37:27; Nehemiah 8:16; Psalm 102:8; 129:6; Proverbs 21:9; 25:24; Isaiah 15:3; 22:1; Jeremiah 48:38; as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) 19:13; 32:29; Zephaniah 1:5; so אָחָז עֲלִיַּת הַגָּג 2 Kings 23:12, roof of tower Judges 9:51, 51, over gate 2 Samuel 18:24, of chamber Ezekiel 40:13 (twice in verse) (but ᵐ5 Co קיר). 2 top of altar of incense, in tabernacle Exodus 30:3; 37:26 (both p). גֻּדְגֹּדָה גִּדְּגָּד, גָּד, גַּד, see below גדד. |