δῶμα,
ατος, τό, (δέμω)
I
1. house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. Il. 21.44, etc.; mainly poet., but once in Hdt., 2.62 (pl.), and in late Prose (v. infr.), but never in Att. Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν Il. 6.316, cf. Od. 17.329, al.: hence, pl. for a single house, 2.259, freq. in Trag., A. Ag. 607, S. Tr. 332, E. Or. 301, etc.
2. of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ’ ἔχοντες Il. 2.13, etc.; κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21; freq. of Pluto, δῶμ’ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, Od. 12.21; ὦ δῶμ’ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης S. El. 110; Πλούτωνος δ. E. HF 808 (lyr.); of a temple, Pi. P. 4.53, A. Eu. 242, etc.: pl., Hdt. 2.62, S. OT 71.
3. δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, ib. 29.
4. housetop, LXX De. 22.8, [Mat 24:17], Babr. 5.5, POxy. 475.22 (ii A.D.), etc.
II household, family, A. Ag. 1468 (lyr.), S. OT 1226, etc.; cf. δῶ.
G1430 — δῶμα
δώματος, τό (δέμω, to build);
1. a building, house, (Homer and following).
2. a part of a building, dining-room, hall, (Homer and following).
3. in the Script. equivalent to γααγ house-top, roof (Winer's Grammar, 23): [Mat 24:17]; [Mar 13:15]; [Luk 5:19]; [Luk 17:31]. The house-tops of the Orientals were (and still are) level, and were frequented not only for walking but also for meditation and prayer: [Act 10:3]; hence, ἐπί δωμάτων, on the house-tops, i. e. in public: [Mat 10:27]; [Luk 12:3]; ἐπί τό δῶμα... κατ' ὀφθαλμούς παντός Ἰσραήλ, [2Sa 16:22].
δῶμα , - τος , τό
( < δέμω , to build),
[in LXX for H1406;]
chiefly in poets and late (not Attic ) prose;
1. a house, hall.
2. In LXX (and Hom ., Od., x, 554; cf. MGr ., terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ . δῶμα , [Luk 5:19], [Act 10:9]; ἐπὶ τ . δώματος , - άτων , [Mat 10:27]; [Mat 24:17], [Mar 13:15], [Luk 12:3]; [Luk 17:31]. †