G0508 G0508
upper room, upstairs chamber; the elevated story of a house used for dining or gathering
This noun designates an upper room or upstairs chamber. Both Gospel occurrences describe the large upper room where Jesus ate the Last Supper. Mark 14:15 and Luke 22:12 both use the same phrase—a large upper room, furnished and ready. Classical usage included upper floors used for storage or dining. The New Testament restricts it to this significant space where Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. Translations (Spanish aposento-alto/salón-alto, French chambre-haute) emphasize the room's elevation and size.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Both Mark and Luke describe the same room—a large upstairs space prepared for the Passover meal where Jesus transforms the feast into Christian communion. The accusative ἀνάγαιον appears in identical phrases: 'He will show you a large upper room furnished.' This upper room becomes sacred space in Christian memory—the location of the Last Supper and likely the same room where the risen Jesus appeared and where the Spirit came at Pentecost (Acts 1:13; 2:1). 2×
AR["عُلِّيَّةً"]·ben["উপরের-ঘর"]·DE["ἀνάγαιον"]·EN["an-upper-room"]·FR["chambre-haute"]·heb["עֲלִיָּה"]·HI["अटारी", "उपरी-कोठरी"]·ID["kamar-atas", "ruangan-atas"]·IT["sala-superiore"]·jav["kamar-nginggil"]·KO["다락방을"]·PT["sala-superior"]·RU["горницу"]·ES["aposento-alto", "salón-alto"]·SW["chumba-cha-juu"]·TR["üst-kat"]·urd["بالا-خانہ"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: ἀνώγαιον or ἀνώγεον, τό, (ἄνω, γαῖα) anything raised from the ground: the upper floor of a house, used as a granary, Refs 5th c.BC+; as a dining-room, NT __2 prison, Refs; ἀνάγαιον and ἀνόκαιον are also found in codices,Refs