Quick Definition
ἀποστεγάζω v. I unroof, take the roof off
Strong's Definition
from 575 and a derivative of 4721; to unroof
KJV Usage: uncover
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στέγω
45.11 · Building, Constructing
to remove the roof, to unroof to take the roof off of a house In MRK 2:4 ἀποστεγάζω refers to only a part of the roof, and therefore in a number of languages it may be necessary to translate as ‘they made a hole in the roof.’ In view of the type of houses built in Palestine in NT times, the roof no doubt would have been flat, held up by heavy beams over which were laid planks or sticks and then covered with sun-baked clay.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στεγάζω: 1 aor. ἀπεστέγασα; (στεγάζω, fr. στέγη) ; to uncover, take off the roof: Mk. ii. 4 (Jesus, with his hearers, was in the ὑπερῷον q. v., 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. s. v. House, p. 1104]). (Strabo 4, 4, 6, p. 303; 8, 3, 30, p. 542.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποστεγάζω apostegazō 1x
to remove or break through a covering or roof of a place, Mk. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀπο-στεγάζω
(< στέγη), [in Sm.: Je 49:10 (29:11)*;]
to unroof: Mk 2:4.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποστεγάζω (apostegazō) — to unroof. ἀποστεγ-άζω, uncover, πυκινὸν ῥόον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸν νεών unroof it, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸ τρῆμα open it, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. take off a covering, τὴν στέγην[NT]
II. ={ἀποστέγω} [Refs]cover closely, [Refs 4th c.BC+]