Lexical Summary hyperōon: the upper story, the upper rooms Original Word: ὑπερῷονTransliteration: hyperōon Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: the upper story, the upper rooms Meaning: the upper story, the upper rooms Strong's 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5253: ὑπεροωνὑπεροων, 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 |
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