Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Housetop
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Acts 10:9
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
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δῶμα
dōma · do'-mah
5 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof
Strong's KJV usage: :--housetop.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:17Strong's last: Acts 10:9
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gâg · gawg
2 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
Strong's KJV usage: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:9Strong's last: Proverbs 25:24
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H1406
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
H1406
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
G1430
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
G1430
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
G1430
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
G1430
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
G1430
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
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