Keramos denotes the roof tiles through which a man is lowered into the room before Jesus.

The attested use names the roof tiles involved when men lower a person on a bed into the midst before Jesus in Luke 5:19.

1. Roof tiles used for an opening above · dominant

   In Luke 5:19, the genitive plural form κεράμων occurs in the action of lowering a man with his bed through the roof covering; the APB renders the clause "through the tiles into the midst before Jesus."

   Luke 5:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 5:19, the APB presents the roof covering as "the tiles" in the clause describing the man's lowering. The verse is read as a whole, but its wording fits the verse's roof-opening action.