What does ὑπερῷον (hyperōion) mean in the Bible?
ὑπερῷον (hyperōion): Upper chamber built on flat roof of house, distinct from interior rooms where women typically resided.
Greek · G5253
ὑπερῷον
Upper room
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ὑπερῷον G5253
Pronunciation hyperōion
What does ὑπερῷον (hyperōion) mean in the Bible?
ὑπερῷον (hyperōion): Upper chamber built on flat roof of house, distinct from interior rooms where women typically resided.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5253?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include upper room (3), an upper room (1).
Where does ὑπερῷον (hyperōion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 1:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It upper room 3× Acts 1:13, Acts 9:39, Acts 20:8
an upper room 1× Acts 9:37
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 1:13
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Acts 4
Source forms
ὑπερῷον 2x hyperōon Acts 1:13, Acts 9:39
ὑπερῴῳ 2x hyperōō Acts 9:37, Acts 20:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Acts 1:13, Acts 9:39
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 2x Acts 9:37, Acts 20:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Upper chamber built on flat roof of house, distinct from interior rooms where women typically resided.
Strong's G5253
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 1:12-26 Source Gloss
upper room
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Upper chamber built on flat roof of house, distinct from interior rooms where women typically resided.
(neut. of ὑπερῷος, above, ὑπέρ) [in LXX for עֲלִיָּה and cogn. forms ;]
1in cl., the upper story or upper rooms where the women resided (Hom., a1.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 1:13 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑπερῷον uperwon
an upper room
Read verse Acts 9:37 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὑπερῴῳ. uperww
an upper room
Read verse Acts 9:39 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑπερῷον, uperwon
an upper room
Read verse Acts 20:8 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
ὑπερῴῳ uperww
an upper room
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Neuter Acts 9:37 · Acts 20:8 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 1:13 · Acts 9:39 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
An upstairs room or upper story, often used for gatherings or meals.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὑπερῷον is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The upper room becomes a place of prayerful waiting and unity, signaling that ordinary spaces can become significant when God’s people gather in dependence on Him. Acts 1:12-26
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain