ΣΤΕΓΑΣ, στεγας
STEGAS, stegas
Sounds Like: STEG-as
Translations: of a roof, of a covering, of a shelter
From the root: ΣΤΕΓΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'στέγη' (stegē), meaning 'roof,' 'covering,' or 'shelter.' It is used to indicate possession or origin, often translated with 'of' or 'belonging to.' For example, it might refer to 'the wood of the roof' or 'the purpose of covering.'
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4721 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 18:118
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:48
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 40:43
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΓΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΤΕΓ — roof, a roof, house, a house, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΣΤΕΓΑΙ — roofs, a roof, decks, a deck, coverings, a covering
- ΣΤΕΓΑΙΣ — to roofs, for roofs, to houses, for houses, to dwellings, for dwellings
- ΣΤΕΓΕΣΙΝ — to roofs, to houses, to dwellings, to a roof, to a house, to a dwelling
- ΣΤΕΓΗ — roof, a roof, house, a house, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΣΤΕΓΗΝ — roof, a roof, house, a house, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΣΤΕΓΗΣ — of a roof, of a house, of a dwelling, of a shelter
- ΤΕΓΗ — roof, a roof, covering, a covering
- ΤΕΓΩΝ — of a roof, of roofs, of a covering, of coverings
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