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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #5253 - ὑπερῷον

Transliteration

hyperōion

Phonetics

hoop-er-o'-on

Origin

from a derivative of (G5228)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided
a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house, whither Orientals were wont to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5950 ‑ עֲלִילִיָּה (al‑ee‑lee‑yaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (4)

Acts

NAS (8)

Acts

HCS (4)

Acts

BSB (4)

Acts

ESV (3)

Acts

WEB (4)

Acts

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὑπερῷον,

and Ion. ὑπ-ώϊον, τό,

the upper part of the house, where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514; εἰς ὑπερῷ' ἀναβάς 16.184, cf. Od. 1.362; ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν.. Πηνελόπεια from her chamber she heard it, ib. 328; approached by a κλῖμαξ, ib. 330: so in later Gr., upper chamber or story, Acts 1:13, Supp.Epigr. 2.754 (Syria, ii A. D.), POxy. 2146.7 (iii A. D.).

2. attic, garret, Ar. Eq. 1001, Pl. 811, Men. Sam. 17, IG 22.1638.27; ἄνωθ' ἐξ ὑ. Ar. Ec. 698 (anap.); of a spare room, Antipho 1.14.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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): Acts 1:13; Acts 9:37; Acts 9:39; Acts 20:8 (cf. 2 Kings 23:22).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";utterance,"; ";sound"; (1Co. 14:7) : cf. the magical P Lond 121.774 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 109) φθόγγος ἐναρμόνιος, and .777 φθόγγος [ἀ ]ναγκαστικός, also P Leid V viii. 6 (iii/iv A.D.) (=II. p. 29) πρὸς ἁρμονίαν τῶν ἑπτὰ φθόγγων ἐχόντων φωνὰς πρὸς τὰς κ ̄η ̄ φὦτα τἦς,σελήνης

List of Word Forms

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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