5253. huperóon
Strong's Lexicon
huperóon: Upper room, upstairs room

Original Word: ὑπερῷον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: huperóon
Pronunciation: hoo-per-OH-on
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on)
Definition: Upper room, upstairs room
Meaning: an upper room, the upper part of a house.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition ὑπέρ (huper, meaning "above" or "over") and the noun ὠν (ōn, a form of "ear" or "hearing"), though in this context, it refers to a space above.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "huperóon," the concept of an upper room can be related to the Hebrew term "עֲלִיָּה" (aliyah, Strong's Hebrew 5944), which also refers to an upper chamber or loft.

Usage: The term "huperóon" refers to an upper room or an upstairs chamber in a house. In the New Testament, it is often associated with a place of gathering, prayer, and significant events in the early Christian community.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman architecture, houses often had an upper room or a second account that was used for various purposes, including storage, living space, or gatherings. These rooms were typically accessed by an external staircase and provided a private and secluded area for meetings. In the context of the New Testament, the upper room holds particular significance as a place of fellowship and divine encounter.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
neut. of huperóos (upper)
Definition
the upper story, the upper rooms
NASB Translation
upper room (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5253: ὑπεροων

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).

Strong's Exhaustive 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

Forms and Transliterations
προ υπερωά υπερώα υπερώοις υπερωον υπερώον ὑπερῷον υπερώου υπερωω υπερώω ὑπερῴῳ υπερώων υπεύθυνοι hyperṓioi hyperṓiōi hyperôion hyperō̂ion hyperoo hyperōō hyperoon hyperōon uperoo uperōō uperoon uperōon
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 1:13 N-ANS
GRK: εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ἀνέβησαν οὗ
NAS: [the city], they went up to the upper room where
KJV: into an upper room, where
INT: into the upper room they went up where

Acts 9:37 N-DNS
GRK: αὐτὴν ἐν ὑπερῴῳ
NAS: her body, they laid it in an upper room.
KJV: they laid [her] in an upper chamber.
INT: they in an upper room

Acts 9:39 N-ANS
GRK: εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον καὶ παρέστησαν
NAS: they brought him into the upper room; and all
KJV: into the upper chamber: and
INT: into the upper room and stood by

Acts 20:8 N-DNS
GRK: ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ ἦμεν
NAS: lamps in the upper room where
KJV: in the upper chamber, where
INT: in the upper room where there were

Strong's Greek 5253
4 Occurrences


ὑπερῴῳ — 2 Occ.
ὑπερῷον — 2 Occ.















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