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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Dodson Greek Lexicon
an upper room, the upper part of a house.
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upper room
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an upper room
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the upper chamber
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an upper chamber
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an upper room
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Verses containing G5253
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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.
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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