Dictionary entry

δῶμα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δῶμα, -τος, τό

(< δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג;]

chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose;

1. a house, hall.

2. In LXX (and Hom., Od., x, 554; cf. MGr., terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ. δῶμα, Lk 5:19, Ac 10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Mt 10:2724:17, Mk 13:15, Lk 12:317:31.†