Meaning
Upper Chamber; Upper Room up'-er cham'-ber, (`aliyah (2Ki 1:2), etc.; anogeon (Mark 14:15, Luke 22:12), huperoon (Acts 1:13, Acts 9:37, Acts 9:39, Acts 20:8)): In Jud 3:20 the English Revised Version renders "summer parlor" and in the margin "Hebrew: `Upper chamber of cooling.'" This was probably a roof-chamber. The "upper chamber" of Ahaziah in 2Ki 1:2 was evidently in the 2nd story of the building. On the "upper chambers" of the temple (1Chr 28:11, 2Chr 3:9), see TEMPLE. The "large upper room" which was the scene of the Last Supper, with that in Ac 1:13, was also plainly an upper-story chamber. That in Ac 20:8 was in the 3rd story (at Miletus, a Greek city).
See also HOUSE.
James Orr
