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Lexicon :: Strong's G5253 - hyperōon

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ὑπερῷον
Transliteration
hyperōon (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-er-o'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of ὑπέρ (G5228)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὑπερῷον hupĕrōiŏn, hoop-er-o'-on; neuter of a derivative of G5228; a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story:—upper chamber (room).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G5253 in the following manner: upper chamber (3x), upper room (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G5253 in the following manner: upper chamber (3x), upper room (1x).

  1. the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided

  2. a room in the upper part of a house, sometimes built upon the flat roof of the house, whither Orientals were wont to retire in order to sup, meditate, pray

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπερῷον hupĕrōiŏn, hoop-er-o'-on; neuter of a derivative of G5228; a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story:—upper chamber (room).
STRONGS G5253:
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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
23:12
Acts
1:13; 9:37; 9:39; 20:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5253 matches the Greek ὑπερῷον (hyperōon),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn’t come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - [fn]The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child’s body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let’s build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD’s Temple. He smashed them to bits[fn] and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces[fn] each. He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you ride upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,
and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[fn]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[fn]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace
with huge rooms and many windows.
I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar
and paint it a lovely red.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:7 - Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
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