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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἀποστεγάζω

Strong’s: G648

Associated OET lemmas: ἀποστεγάζω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: στέγω

Sense 1: to remove the roof, to unroof

Semantic entry: 45.11

Semantic domains: Building, Constructing

Definition: to take the roof off of a house

Notes: In RV MRK 2:4 · LV MRK 2:4 · Read together MRK 2:4 ἀποστεγάζω refers to only a part of the roof, and therefore in a number of languages it may be necessary to translate as ‘they made a hole in the roof.’ In view of the type of houses built in Palestine in NT times, the roof no doubt would have been flat, held up by heavy beams over which were laid planks or sticks and then covered with sun-baked clay.

MRK 2:4: RV MRK 2:4 · LV MRK 2:4 · Read together MRK 2:4

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OET-RV MRK 2:4

4 but because of the crowd, they were unable to get close. So they climbed up onto the flat roof, removed a section, and lowered the paralysed man lying on a pallet.

OET-LV MRK 2:4

4 And not being_able to_bring to_him because_of the crowd, they_unroofed the roof where he_was, and having_dug_ it _out, they_are_lowering the pallet where the paralytic was_lying.