ὑπεροων,
ὑπεροωυ,
τό (from
ὑπεροως or
ὑπερωιος, 'upper,' and this from
ὑπέρ; like
πατρωιος,
πατροως, from
πατήρ; (cf.
Winers Grammar, 96 (91))), in the Greek writings (often in
Homer)
the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided; in Biblical Greek (the
Sept. for
עֲלִיָּה),
a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house (
2 Kings 23:12), whither Orientals were accustomed to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray, etc.; (
R. V. upper chamber; cf.
B. D. under the word; McClintock and Strong,
under the word):
Acts 1:13;
Acts 9:37, 39;
Acts 20:8 (
Josephus, Vita30).
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2 Kings
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23:12
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Acts
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1:13; 9:37; 9:39; 20:8
