HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5604
סִפֻּן
sip.pun — ceiling
cover, cover in, panel, wainscotting
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Ceiling
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G21304
φάτνωσις
phatnōsis — ceiling in coffers
ceiling in coffers
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μέλαθρον
melathron — a ridge
1. the ceiling of a room , or (rather) the main beam which bears the ceiling , (Odyssey by Homer); in (Odyssey by Homer) 19. 544, the end of this beam outside the house. 2. generally, a roof , (Homer) 3. a house, hall , (Pindar); mostly in plural, like Lat. tecta, [variant datesTragica Adespota derivation uncertain (ML)
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The covering (1 Kings 7:3, 7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon’s palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5, 9.
Scripture references
1 Kings 7:31 Kings 7:72 Chronicles 3:5Jeremiah 22:141 Kings 6:91 Kings 6:152 Chronicles 3:9Haggai 1:4
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.