G5253Greekὑperῷon

ὑπερῷον

a higher part of the house, i.e., apartment in the third story

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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

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