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up´ẽr chaÌ„m´bẽr, (עליּה, ‛ălı̄yaÌ„h (), etc.; ἀνωÌφεον, anoÌ„Ìgeon (; ), ὑπεÏῷον, huperoÌ„Ìon (; , ; )): In 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 was evidently in the 2nd story of the building. On the “upper chambers†of the temple (; ), see TEMPLE. The “large upper room†which was the scene of the Last Supper, with that in , was also plainly an upper-story chamber. That in was in the 3rd story (at Miletus, a Greek city). See also HOUSE.