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huperōon G5253

ὑπερῷον (huperōon) means “upper room” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ὑπερῷον Greek · G5253 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses

Pronunciation guide: hoop-er-o'-on Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5253

ὑπερῷον · huperōon · upper room

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).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

an upper room, the upper part of a house.

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How translators render G5253

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
upper room 3
an upper room 1
KJV rendering counts
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the upper chamber 2
an upper chamber 1
an upper room 1

Verses containing G5253

Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

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  2. Acts 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

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  3. Acts 9:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

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  4. Acts 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

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