Strong's Number G5253
ὑπερῷον
huperoon · hoop-er-o'-on
Transliteration:
huperoon{hoop-er-o'-on} (also written huperoion)
Word Origin:
from a derivative of 5228
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Strong's Definition:
a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the third story
Usage in the KJV:
Definition:
- the highest part of the house, the upper rooms or story where the women resided
- 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
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