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Hebrew word study

גָּגgâg — a roof

Pronounced “gawg”

a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

Translated in the King James as: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

Appears 30 times in Scripture

Origin: probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);

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Where it appears

Exodus — 2×

Exodus 30:3 Exodus 37:26

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 22:8

Joshua — 3×

Joshua 2:6 Joshua 2:8+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 2×

Judges 9:51 Judges 16:27

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 9:25 1 Sam 9:26

2 Samuel — 4×

2 Sam 11:2 2 Sam 16:22 2 Sam 18:24+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 19:26 2 Ki 23:12

Nehemiah — 1×

Psalms — 2×

Psalms 102:7 Psalms 129:6

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 25:24

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 15:3 Isaiah 22:1 Isaiah 37:27

Jeremiah — 3×

Jeremiah 19:13 Jeremiah 32:29 Jeremiah 48:38

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 40:13+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Zephaniah — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.