G5253
G5253 — ὑπερῷον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
huperoon (hoop-er-o`-on) n.
1. a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story
[neuter of a derivative of G5228]
KJV: upper chamber (room)
Root(s): G5228
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
upper chamber (room)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπεροων, ὑπεροωυ, τό (from ὑπεροως or ὑπερωιος, ’upper,’ and this from ὑπέρ; like πατρωιος, πατροως, from πατήρ; (cf. Winers Grammar, 96 (91))), in the Greek writings (often in Homer) the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided; in Biblical Greek (the Sept. for òÂìÄéÈÌä), a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house (2Ki 23:12), whither Orientals were accustomed to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray, etc.; (R. V. upper chamber; cf. B. D. under the word ; McClintock and Strong, under the word): Act 1:13; Act 9:37; Act 9:39; Act 20:8 (Josephus, Vita30).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑπερῷον (upper chamber (room))
Acts 1:13
- KJV: And when they were come in they went up into an upper room where abode both Peter and James and John and Andrew Philip and Thomas Bartholomew and Matthew James of Alphaeus and Simon Zelotes and Judas of James
- GK: και ότε εισήλθον ανέβησαν εις το υπερώον ου ήσαν καταμένοντες ο τε Πέτρος και Ιάκωβος και Ιωάννης και Ανδρέας Φίλιππος και Θωμάς Βαρθολομαίος και Ματθαίος Ιάκωβος Αλφαίου και Σίμων ο Ζηλωτής και Ιούδας Ιακώβου
Acts 9:37
- KJV: And it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died whom when they had washed they laid her in an upper chamber
- GK: εγένετο δε εν ταις ημέραις εκείναις ασθενήσασαν αυτήν αποθανείν λούσαντες δε αυτήν έθηκαν εν υπερώω
Acts 9:39
- KJV: Then Peter arose and went them When he was come they brought him into the upper chamber and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them
- GK: αναστάς δε Πέτρος συνήλθεν αυτοίς ον παραγενόμενον ανήγαγον εις το υπερώον και παρέστησαν αυτώ πάσαι αι χήραι κλαίουσαι και επιδεικνύμεναι χιτώνας και ιμάτια όσα εποίει μετ΄ αυτών ούσα η Δορκάς
Acts 20:8
- KJV: And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together
- GK: ήσαν δε λαμπάδες ικαναί εν τω υπερώω ου ήμεν συνηγμένοι