G5253Greekὑperῷon
ὑπερῷον
a higher part of the house, i.e., apartment in the third story
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Total Occurrences
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided
- 2a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house, whither middle easterners were wont to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray
Etymology & Derivation
neuter of a derivative of g5228