ΤΕΓΩΝ, τεγων
TEGŌN, tegōn
Sounds Like: teh-GOHN
Translations: of a roof, of roofs, of a covering, of coverings
From the root: ΣΤΕΓΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun 'στέγη' (stegē), meaning 'roof' or 'covering'. It refers to the top part of a building or structure that provides shelter. In a sentence, it would be used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'the people on the roofs' or 'the destruction of the coverings'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4721 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 9:357
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:21
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
- ΣΤΕΓΑΣ — of a roof, of a covering, of a shelter
- 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
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