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Upper room

עֲלִיָּהStrong’s H5944

aliyyah (a-liy-yah)

Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Aliyyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “roof chamber”, “upper room” and “upper room of”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.”
Judges 3:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Roof-room, roof chamber
How it's translated
  • the roof chamber 3
  • the upper room 3
  • upper room of 2
  • roof-chamber of 2
  • in roof chamber of 1
  • in upper room his 1
  • an upper room of 1
  • and upper rooms its 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 4
  • 2 Kings 4
  • 1 Kings 2
  • 2 Chronicles 2
  • Nehemiah 2
  • Psalms 2

9 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עֲלִיָּה aliyyah · upper room

roof-room, roof chamber

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.