Quick Definition
στέγη, ης, ἡ n.f. a flat roof of a house
Strong's Definition
a roof
Derivation: strengthened from a primary (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building);
KJV Usage: roof
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | στέγω
7.50 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings
housetop the area on the top of a flat-roof house In general, the types of roofs referred to in the NT are flat-top, made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stone, and supported by heavy beams. In view of the various types of activities described as taking place on the housetop, it may be important in some languages to indicate either in the text or in a marginal note the fact that such housetops were flat and that there was usually easy access to such roofs.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στέγη, -ns, ἧ, (στέγω to cover), fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down, a roof: of a house, Mk. ii. 4; εἰσέρχεσθαι ὑπὸ τὴν. στέγην τινός [see εἰσέρχομαι, 1 p. 187” bot.], Mt. viii. 8 ;, LK. vii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στέγη stegē 3x
a roof, flat roof of a house, Mt. 8:8; Mk. 2:4; Lk. 7:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στέγη, -ης, ἡ
(< στέγω) [in LXX: Ge 8:13 (מִכְסֶה), etc. ;]
a roof: Mk 2:4; of entering a house, εἰσέρχεσθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σ., Mt 8:8, Lk 7:6 (cf. MM, xxiii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στέγη, “a roof ’’ (Mk 21), a poetical subst. which has passed into general use in the Kowg, e.g. P Petr 11. 12 (1)!4 (B.c. 241) Kaber(= ηι)ρηκότας τὰς στέγας, ‘having taken down the upper story ’’ (Ed.)—an action on the part of the owners to avoid having Crown officials billeted on them (π]ρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπισταθμεύεσθαι). Cf. BGU III. 1roo2® (B.c. 55) τῆς πρώτης στέγης τῆς οἰκίας, P Lond 1164 (/)** (A.D. 212) (=III. p. 162) ἡ οἰκία τῶν αὐτῶν στεγῶν, and P Flor I. 151428 (A.D. 563) ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ στέγῃ .. . ἐν TH δευτέρᾳ στέγῃ. In Sy/7 558 (= 2756)" (i/a.D.) τ(ὴν ὀπίσω τοῦ προπύλου στέγην, the reference is to the covered vestibule adjoining the gate of the Temple of Asclepius: cf. 26.18 στεγάσαι δὲ kal τοῦ προπύλου Td ὀπίσωι μέρος. A neut. subst. is found in Sy// 813 (= 5 1179)" ἐπίὶ τὸ αἸὐτὸ στέγος ἐζλθ]εῖν, and a dim. in P Oxy I. 109% (list of personal property—iii/iv A.D.) στέγαστρον καινὸν ἄ, “41 new cover” (Edd.). For στεγανόμιον, ‘‘house-rent,’’ see P Bouriant 20°. (after A.D. 350).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στέγη (stegē) — roof. στέγ-η, Doric dialectand Aeolic dialect στέγα, ἡ, roof, [NT+5th c.BC+]; παρέχειν τινὶ σ. give one shelter, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. ceiling, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II. roofed place, chamber, room, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; covered vestibule, [Refs]; ἕρκειος σ., of a tent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a hare's seat or form, [Refs]; ἐκ κατώρυχος σ., of the grave, [Refs]
II.2. storey of a house, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ ἀνωτάτη σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; αἱ στέγαι the upper storeys, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. frequently in plural, house, dwelling, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ στέγας at home, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπελεῦσαι τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐπὶ στέγαν to the man's house, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. deck of a ship, in Latin stega, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]