Quick Definition
an upper room
Strong's Definition
a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of G5228 (ὑπέρ);
KJV Usage: upper chamber (room)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 ςΒμΔιΘΜδ), 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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπερῷον hyperōon 4x
the upper part of a house, upper room, or chamber, Act_1:13 ; Act_9:37 ; Act_9:39 ; Act_20:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπερῷον , -ου , τό (neut. of ὑπερῷος , above , < ὑπέρ ),
[in LXX for H5944 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 ( v. DB , iii, 674a): Act_1:13 ; Act_9:37 ; Act_9:39 ; Act_20:8 ( cf. 2Ki_23:22 ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπερῷον [page 654]
(τό , neut. of ὑπερῷος ), upper-chamber, roof-chamber, Act_1:13 al. : cf. BGU III. 999 i. 6 (B.C. 99) τὸ ἐν τῷ ἀπὸ λιβ̣ὸς μέρει ὑπερῶν ( l. ὑπερῷον ) ᾱ , and for a corr. use of the lem. P Flor III. 285 .12 (A.D.552) ἀνδρεῶνα . . . ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ στέγῃ σὺν̣ [ὑ ]περῴᾳ .
Other exx. of the adj. are P Oxy I. 76 .19 (A.D. 179), a woman declares that her father had certain rooms in a house belonging to her, including ὑπερῴους δύο , two upper-chambers, ib. VIII. 1127 .5 (A.D. 183) τὸν ὑπερῷον τόπον τῆς ὑπαρχούσης αὐτῷ . . οἰκίας , Preisigke 6 .13 (A.D. 216) ἡ δὲ αἰτία τῆς κλοπῆς ἐφάνη τοῦ τόπου ὑπερῴ [ο ]υ ὄντος ἐκ τοῦ ποδώματος διατρ [ηθέ ]ν̣τος τὴν κακουργίαν γεγονέναι , P Lond V. 1874 .12 (A.D. 605 or 613) ἀπὸ θ ]εμελίων μέχρι τῶν ὑπερῴων , and Syll 804 ( = .3 1170) .11 (ii/A.D.) περιπάτῳ χρῆσθαι ὑπερώῳ . See also Luckhard, Privathaus , p. 72 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑπερῷον ὑπερῷον, epic -ώιον, ου, τό, "the upper part of the house, the upper story or upper rooms", where the women resided, Hom. :—in attic, "an attic, garret", Ar. (v. ὑπερῷος).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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