Roofs

Many words for "roof" or "covering" come from the PIE (Proto Indo-European) root "*STEG, *TEG" ≈ "cover" such as the English word "deck", the English word "thatch" and the English word "toga".

The modern Greek word "στέγη" (STEH-gee) ≈ "roof, cover".
The ancient Greek word "στέγη" ≈ "roof, ceiling".

The Latin word "toga" ≈ "toga".
The Latin word "tignum" ≈ "beam" and is part of the English word "contiguous".

Mark 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. [kjv]

και μη δυναμενοι προσενεγκαι αυτω δια τον οχλον απεστεγασαν την στεγην οπου ην και εξορυξαντες χαλωσιν τον κραβαττον οπου ο παραλυτικος κατεκειτο [gnt]

In ancient times, roofs had tiles that could be removed.

One pastor (2021-08) went on and on about how much effort this took and how it disturbed the house - using todays houses and roofs as the analogy.

Mark 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. [kjv]

και μη δυναμενοι προσενεγκαι αυτω δια τον οχλον απεστεγασαν την στεγην οπου ην και εξορυξαντες χαλωσιν τον κραβαττον οπου ο παραλυτικος κατεκειτο [gnt]

… tectum … paralyticus … [v]

… rof … lame … [wes]

… rofe … palsie … [ty]

The Old English word "rof" ≈ "roof".
The Middle English word "rofe" ≈ "roof".
The Latin word "tectum" ≈ "roof, ceiling".

Mark 2:4

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KJV: And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Greek: και μη δυναμενοι προσεγγισαι προσενεγκαι αυτω δια τον οχλον απεστεγασαν την στεγην οπου ην και εξορυξαντες χαλωσιν τον κραββατον εφ ω κραβαττον οπου ο παραλυτικος κατεκειτο

Latin: et cum non possent offerre eum illi prae turba nudaverunt tectum ubi erat et patefacientes submiserunt grabattum in quo paralyticus iacebat

Wessex: & þa hyo ne mihten hine in-bringen for þare manige hyo openedon þane rof þaer se haelend waes & hyo þa in-asende þt bed þe se lame on laig.

Tyndale: And because they coulde not come nye vnto him for preace they vncovered ye rofe of the housse where he was. And when they had broken it ope they let doune ye beed where in ye sicke of the palsie laye.

Gothic: jah ni magandans nehva qiman imma faura manageim, andhulidedun hrot tharei was iesus jah usgrabandans insailidedun thata badi [jah fralailotun] ana thammei lag sa uslitha.

The Christmas carol "deck the halls" means to "cover the halls".

The Middle English word "decke" ≈ "deck" as a raised flat surface covering what is underneath.
The German "Decke" ≈ "covering, blanket" and "Dach" ≈ "roof".
The Old English word "thaec" ≈ "roof-covering" and is the source of the English word "thatch".

Related words are the ancient Greek word "στέγη" ≈ "roof, ceiling" source of the word "stegosaurus" and the Latin word "toga" ≈ "toga" from the Latin word "tego" ≈ "cover, clothe, protect".

More: Song: Deck the halls

*G4721 *3 στέγη (steg'-ay) : strengthened from a primary tegos (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building); a roof:--roof.

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στεγην *3

Matthew 8:8 ... thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word ...
Mark 2:4 ... for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and ...
Luke 7:6 ... thou shouldest enter under my roof:

*G4722 *4 στέγω (steg'-o) : from G4721; to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently):--(for-)bear, suffer.

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στεγομεν

1 Corinthians 9:12 ... this power; but suffer all things, lest we should ...

στεγει

1 Corinthians 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, ...

στεγοντες

1 Thessalonians 3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left ...

στεγων

1 Thessalonians 3:5 ... cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to ...

*G4721 *3 στέγη (steg'-ay) : strengthened from a primary tegos (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building); a roof:--roof.

Words: στεγην=3

*G4722 *4 στέγω (steg'-o) : from G4721; to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently):--(for-)bear, suffer.

Words: στεγει στεγομεν στεγοντες στεγων

When dinosaur bones were discovered that, when flattened as a fossil, looked like roof tiles, the name "stegosaurus" was coined.
A stegosaurus is a type of dinosaur whose plates on its spine, when flattened as a fossil, appear like roof tiles. The word for "roof" in Greek was "stegos" so the name become "stegosaurus" where "saurus" is "lizard".

The prefix alpha as "α" negates the root so that the modern Greek word "άστεγη" (A-steh-gee) ≈ "homeless, poor" or those without a roof.

Where do rich people who are homeless live?

In tax shelters.

1 Corinthians 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. [kjv]

παντα στεγει παντα πιστευει παντα ελπιζει παντα υπομενει [gnt]

… suffert … [v]

A related meaning of the same Greek word for "roof" is that of "bearing" a load or that of "covering" something.

A roof does not actually bear a load, other than, say, rain. A roof does, however, like a deck or thatch, cover what is under that roof. Does this distinction make a difference in the following verse?

1 Corinthians 13:7

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KJV: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Greek: παντα στεγει παντα πιστευει παντα ελπιζει παντα υπομενει

Latin: omnia suffert omnia credit omnia sperat omnia sustinet

Wycliffe: it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingis, it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis.

Tyndale: suffreth all thynge beleveth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth in all thynges.

Gothic: allata thulaith, allata galaubeith, all weneith, all gabeidith.

Luther: sie verträget alles, sie glaubet alles, sie hoffet alles, sie duldet alles.

Spanish: todo lo sufre, todo lo cree, todo lo espera, todo lo soporta.

1 Corinthians 13:7
#	Greek		Strongs		KJV
1.	*260	παντα	G3956	*1,225
2.	*1	στεγει,	G4722	*4	Beareth
3.	*260	παντα	G3956	*1,225	all things,
4.	*3	πιστευει,	G4100	*236	believeth
5.	*260	παντα	G3956	*1,225	all things,
6.	*3	ελπιζει,	G1679	*31	hopeth
7.	*260	παντα	G3956	*1,225	all things,
8.	*2	υπομενει.	G5278	*17	endureth
9.			G3956		all things.