Quick Definition
κέραμος, ου, ὁ n.m. a tile, the roof
Strong's Definition
probably from the base of 2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water); earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)
KJV Usage: tiling
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | κεραμεύς
6.224 · Artifacts · Miscellaneous
tile, roof tile a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay; used to cover a roof
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κέραμος, -ov, 6, (κεράννυμι) ; 2. anything made of clay, earthen ware. 1. clay, potter's earth. 3. spec. a (roofing) tile (Thuc., Athen., Hdian., al.) ; the roof itself (Arstph. fr. 129 d.): so διὰ τῶν κεράμων, through the roof, i. e. through the door in the roof to which a ladder or stairway led up from the street (accordingly the Rabbins distinguish two ways of entering a house, ‘the way through the door’ and ‘the way through the roof’ [Lght/1. Horae Hebr. p. 601]; οἵ. Win. RWB. s.v. Dach; Keim ii. p. 176 sq. [Eng. trans. iii. 215; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 501 sq.; Jewish Social Life, p. 93 sqq.]), Lk. y. 19. Mark (ii. 4) describes the occurrence differently (see ἀποστεγάζω), evidently led into error by misapprehending the words of Luke. [But, to say nothing of the improbability of assuming Mark’s narrative to be dependent on Luke’s, the alleged discrepance disappears if Luke’s language is taken literally, “through the tiles” (see διά, A. I. 1); he says nothing of “the door in the roof.” On the various views that have been taken of the details of the occurrence, see B. D. (esp. Am. ed.) s. v. House; Dr. Jas. Morison, Com. on Mk. 1. ¢.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κέραμος keramos 1x
potter’s clay; earthenware; a roof, tile, tiling, Lk. 5:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κεραμος, -ου, ὁ
(< κεράννυμι), [in LXX: II Ki 17:28 (יוֹצֵר כְּלִי)*;]
potter's clay.
an earthen vessel.
a tile: Lk 5:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κέραμος is found = ‘‘jar” in P Hib I. 5476 (c. B.c. 245) where amongst various articles wanted reference is made to κέραμον κα[ι]νόν. For the collective meaning “tiling,” as in Lk 5}, see the accounts dealing with the building of a temple at Delos, Michel 594% (B.C. 279) ξύλων καὶ κεράμου, 7° κεράμου ζεύγη : cf. 26. 13871 (iii/B.c.) κ]έραμον τὸν ἐπόντα καὶ θύρας τὰς ἐπούσας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κέραμος (keramos) — clay roof tile. κέρᾰμος, ὁ, rare plural κέραμα, τά, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— potter's earth, potter's clay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. anything made of this earth, as
II.1. earthen vessel, wine-jar, ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in collective sense, pottery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. b jar of other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. tile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; collectively, tiling, τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις.. ξυντρίψομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] roof, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. pottery (i.e.place of manufacture), ὁ κ. ὁ χυτρικός [Refs]
III. dungeon (said by [Refs 8th c.BC+]. (Possibly cognate with Latin cremo.)