International Standard Bible Encyclopedia UPPER CHAMBER; UPPER ROOMup'-er cham'-ber, (`aliyah (2 Kings 1:2), etc.; anogeon (Mark 14:15 Luke 22:12), huperoon (Acts 1:13; Acts 9:37, 39; 20:8)): In Judges 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 2 Kings 1:2 was evidently in the 2nd story of the building. On the "upper chambers" of the temple (1 Chronicles 28:11 2 Chronicles 3:9), see TEMPLE. The "large upper room" which was the scene of the Last Supper, with that in Acts 1:13, was also plainly an upper-story chamber. That in Acts 20:8 was in the 3rd story (at Miletus, a Greek city). Greek 5253. huperoon -- the upper story, the upper rooms ... the upper story, the upper rooms. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: huperoon Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-o'-on) Short Definition: an upper room ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5253.htm - 6k 510. anoterikos -- upper 508. anogeon -- upper room. 311b. anagaion -- above the ground, ie the second floor, hence, an ... 4749. stole -- equipment, apparel 2859. kolpos -- the bosom 5440. phulakterion -- an outpost, fortification, an amulet 4320. prosanabaino -- to go up besides 2729. katischuo -- to overpower 2901. krataioo -- to strengthen Strong's Hebrew 5942. illi -- upper... illi. 5943 . upper. Transliteration: illi Phonetic Spelling: (il-lee') Short Definition: upper. Word Origin from alah Definition upper NASB Word Usage upper ( ... /hebrew/5942.htm - 6k 5945a. elyon -- high, upper 5945. elyown -- high, upper 1650. Geshur -- a territory East of the upper Jordan, also inhab. ... 4792. Merom -- a place in Upper Galilee 6624. Pathros -- a designation of Upper Eg. 5944. aliyyah -- a roof chamber 7393. rekeb -- chariotry, chariot, millstone 3730. kaphtor -- capital, knob, bulb 8222. sapham -- mustache Library The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the Upper. Life Amongst the Upper Ten Thousand The Parts of the City. Sion. The Upper City: which was on the ... The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times How Caesar Raised Banks Round About the Upper City [Mount Zion] ... Acts of Saint Philip the Apostle when He Went to Upper Hellas. Allegorical Explanation of the Firmament and Upper Works, Ver. 6 The Buildings of More Eminent Note in Sion. Later History of Revision. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.2. (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp. Thesaurus Upper (99 Occurrences)... 1. (comp.) Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a ... /u/upper.htm - 39k Upper-chambers (1 Occurrence) Upper-robe (1 Occurrence) Fuller's (4 Occurrences) Millstone (9 Occurrences) Mill (9 Occurrences) Nether (19 Occurrences) Conduit (5 Occurrences) Field (390 Occurrences) Top (880 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Upper (99 Occurrences)Mark 14:15 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there." Luke 22:12 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there." John 13:4 arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist. Acts 1:13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. Acts 9:37 It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber. Acts 9:39 Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. Acts 12:8 And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me. Acts 13:50 But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts. Acts 17:12 Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few. Acts 19:1 It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. Acts 20:8 There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together. Genesis 6:16 You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels. Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid it upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness. Exodus 12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. Exodus 28:4 And these 'are' the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me. Exodus 28:31 And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue, Exodus 28:34 a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate 'are' on the hems of the upper robe round about. Exodus 39:4 They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together. Exodus 39:22 And he maketh the upper robe of the ephod, work of a weaver, completely of blue; Exodus 39:23 and the opening of the upper robe 'is' in its midst, as the opening of a habergeon, a border 'is' to its opening round about, it is not rent; Exodus 39:24 and they make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined. Exodus 39:25 And they make bells of pure gold, and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates, on the hems of the upper robe, round about, in the midst of the pomegranates; Exodus 39:26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, 'are' on the hems of the upper robe, round about, to minister in, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. Leviticus 8:7 and doth put on him the coat, and doth gird him with the girdle, and doth clothe him with the upper robe, and doth put on him the ephod, and doth gird him with the girdle of the ephod, and doth bind 'it' to him with it, Leviticus 13:45 "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry,'Unclean! Unclean!' Numbers 6:5 All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head. Deuteronomy 24:6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge. Deuteronomy 24:13 in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. Joshua 15:19 She said, "Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Joshua 16:5 This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper. Judges 1:15 She said to him, "Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Judges 3:20 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you." He arose out of his seat. Judges 3:23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them. Judges 3:24 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber." Judges 3:25 They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. Judges 9:53 A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. 1 Samuel 2:19 and a small upper coat doth his mother make to him, and she hath brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time. 1 Samuel 9:24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, "Behold, that which has been reserved! Set it before yourself and eat; because for the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said,'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 1 Samuel 15:27 And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent! 1 Samuel 18:4 and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which 'is' upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle. 1 Samuel 24:4 And the men of David say unto him, 'Lo, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Lo, I am giving thine enemy into thy hand, and thou hast done to him as it is good in thine eyes;' and David riseth and cutteth off the skirt of the upper robe which 'is' on Saul -- gently. 1 Samuel 24:11 And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it! 1 Samuel 28:14 And he saith to her, 'What 'is' his form?' and she saith, 'An aged man is coming up, and he 'is' covered with an upper robe;' and Saul knoweth that he 'is' Samuel, and boweth -- face to thee earth -- and doth obeisance. 2 Samuel 11:21 who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say,'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'" 2 Samuel 13:18 -- and upon her 'is' a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who 'are' virgins put on, -- and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her. 2 Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son! 2 Samuel 19:24 And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king -- and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace -- 1 Kings 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 1 Kings 17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness." 2 Kings 4:10 Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither. 2 Kings 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there. 2 Kings 15:35 However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh. 2 Kings 18:17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 2 Kings 23:12 The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 1 Chronicles 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. 1 Chronicles 15:27 And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David 'is' an Ephod of linen. 1 Chronicles 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward. 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy seat; 2 Chronicles 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 2 Chronicles 23:20 He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom. 2 Chronicles 27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 2 Chronicles 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the uppermost of the graves of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done honour to him at his death, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead. Ezra 9:3 And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished, Ezra 9:5 And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God, Nehemiah 3:25 Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired Nehemiah 3:31 After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner. Nehemiah 3:32 And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them), Psalms 74:5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. Psalms 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind; Psalms 104:13 He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. Psalms 109:29 Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe 'is' their shame. Isaiah 7:3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field. Isaiah 11:11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands. Isaiah 36:2 The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller's field highway. Jeremiah 20:2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh. Jeremiah 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning; Jeremiah 22:14 that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Jeremiah 36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people. Jeremiah 44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, Jeremiah 44:15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, Ezekiel 9:2 Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar. Ezekiel 24:17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. Ezekiel 24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. Ezekiel 29:14 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom. Ezekiel 30:14 I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No. Ezekiel 42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building. Ezekiel 42:6 For they were in three stories, and they didn't have pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middle from the ground. Ezekiel 43:13 And these 'are' measures of the altar by cubits: The cubit 'is' a cubit and a handbreadth, and the centre 'is' a cubit, and a cubit the breadth; and its border on its edge round about 'is' one span, and this 'is' the upper part of the altar. Ezekiel 43:15 The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. Ezekiel 43:20 You shall take of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around: thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. Ezekiel 45:19 The priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the door posts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court. Daniel 6:10 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Amos 9:6 it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name. Micah 3:7 And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. Zephaniah 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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