Strong's #2766: keramos (pronounced ker'-am-os)

probably from the base of 2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water); earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning):--tiling.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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keramos

1) clay, potter' s earth

2) anything made of clay, earthen ware

3) a roofing tile

3a) the roof itself

3b) the phrase "through the roof" , means through the door in the roof to which a ladder or stairway led up from the street (according to the Rabbis distinguish two ways of entering a house, "the way through the door" and "the way through the roof"

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water)

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Luke 5:19: "and let him down through the tiling with his couch"