G5253
ὑπερῷον
upper room
ὑπερῷον, -ου, τό (neut. of ὑπερῷος, above, ὑπέρ) [in LXX for עֲלִיָּה and cogn. forms ;] __1. in cl., the upper story or upper rooms where the women resided (Hom., a1.). __2. In LXX and NT, an upper chamber, roof-chamber, built on the flat roof of the house (see DB, iii, 674a): Act.1:13 9:37, 39 20:8 (cf. 4Ki.23:22).† (AS)
The KJV translates G5253 in the following manner:
chamber (6x), room (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ὑπερῷον — hyperōion
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 (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).
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