Strong's H1406 · Hebrew
גָּג
gâg · /gawg/
Definition
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
KJV: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Root / derivation: probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered גָּג across 27 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
27 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus2 verses
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. top: Heb. roof sides: Heb. walls
Exodus 37:26And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Joshua2 verses
Judges2 verses
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Judges 16:27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
1 Samuel2 verses
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
1 Samuel 9:26And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
2 Samuel3 verses
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Samuel 16:22So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2 Samuel 18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
2 Kings2 verses
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. of small: Heb. short of hand
2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. brake: or, ran from thence
Psalms2 verses
Proverbs2 verses
Isaiah3 verses
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. weeping: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping
Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. of small: Heb. short of hand
Jeremiah3 verses
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Jeremiah 48:38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H1406 (gâg) mean?
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
How many times does H1406 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H1406 (גָּג) appears in 27 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “roof.”
How is gâg translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H1406 is rendered as “roof” (10×), “housetops” (6×), “top” (5×), “house” (4×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word גָּג come from?
probably by reduplication from H1342 (גָּאָה);