Hyperōion — G5253

Definition

neuter noun

a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story

1. in Biblical Greek , a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house , whither Orientals were accustomed to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray, etc

Usually translated as

upper chamber

Origin

neuter of a derivative of G5228

• hypér (G5228)

Occurrences

Hyperōion occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (4)

• Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room (ὑπερῷον), where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
• Acts 9:37 — And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber (ὑπερῴῳ).
• Acts 9:39 — Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber (ὑπερῷον): and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
• Acts 20:8 — And there were many lights in the upper chamber (ὑπερῴῳ), where they were gathered together.