G5253

ὑπερῷον

hyperōon

Neuter noun · From a derivative of ὑπέρ (G5228)

Neuter of a derivative of G5228; a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story:—upper chamber (room).

Outline

the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided
a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house, whither Orientals were wont to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray

Usages

Acts 1:13

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 the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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Acts 9:37

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her her in an upper chamber.

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Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with 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.

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Acts 20:8

And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

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