King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5253
Transliteration: hyperōon
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the upper story, the upper rooms
Meaning: the upper story, the upper rooms
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 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).
Word Summary
hyperōon: the upper story, the upper rooms
Original Word: ὑπερῷονTransliteration: hyperōon
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the upper story, the upper rooms
Meaning: the upper story, the upper rooms
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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