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).

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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