Lexicon huperóon: the upper story, the upper rooms Original Word: ὑπερῷον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: huperóon Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on) Short Definition: an upper room Definition: an upper room, the upper part of a house. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originneut. of huperóos (upper) Definitionthe upper story, the upper rooms NASB Translationupper room (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5253: ὑπεροωνὑπεροων, 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 עֲלִיָּה), a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house ( 2 Kings 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): Acts 1:13; Acts 9:37, 39; Acts 20:8 (Josephus, Vita30).
Strong's upper room. Neuter of a derivative of huper; a higher part of the house, i.e. Apartment in the third story -- upper chamber (room). see GREEK huper |
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