- Original: κέραμος - Transliteration: Keramos - Phonetic: ker'-am-os - Definition: 1. clay, potter's earth 2. anything made of clay, earthen ware 3. a roofing tile a. the roof itself b. 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 - Origin: probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably from the base of G2767 (through the idea of mixing clay and water); earthenware that is a tile (by analogy a thin roof or awning): - tiling. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • tiling, 1 Luke 5:19