Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

Toggle navigation

στέγη

Search the Greek Dictionary

Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
στέγη, ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
stegē
Simplified transliteration: 
stege
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4721
GK Number: 
5094
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
roof
Definition: 
a roof, flat roof, of a house, Mt. 8:8; Mk. 2:4; Lk. 7:6*

Greek-English Concordance for στέγη

Matthew 8:8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof (stegēn | στέγην | acc sg fem), but just say the word and my servant will be healed.
Mark 2:4 When they were unable to carry him in because of the crowd, they broke through the roof (stegēn | στέγην | acc sg fem) above Jesus, and when they had dug out an opening, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
Luke 7:6 So Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof (stegēn | στέγην | acc sg fem).