Strong's Lexicon
G648
G648 — ἀποστεγάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G648 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποστεγάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and a derivative of G4721 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | apostegazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-os-teg-ad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to unroof |
| KJV Renderings: | uncover |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποστεγάζω: 1 aorist ἀπεστέγασα; (στεγάζω, from στέγη); to uncover, take off the roof: Mar 2:4 (Jesus, with his hearers, was in the ὑπεροων which see, and it was the roof of this which those who were bringing the sick man to Jesus are said to have ’dug out’; (cf. B. D. under the word , p. 1104)). (Strabo 4, 4, 6, p. 303; 8, 3, 30, p. 542.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποστεγάζω (uncover)
Mark 2:4
- KJV: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was and when they had broken up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay
- GK: και μη δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αυτώ διά τον όχλον απεστέγασαν την στέγην όπου ην και εξορύξαντες χαλώσι τον κράββατον εφ΄ ω ο παραλυτικός κατέκειτο