Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1687
דְּבִיר
de.vir · “sanctuary”
Used 16 times across 3 books
Definition
1) the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle
1a) hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies
2) (TWOT) oracle
1a) hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies
2) (TWOT) oracle
Where it appears
1 Kings11
2 Chronicles4
Psalms1
In the text
1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:1 Kings 6:16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.1 Kings 6:19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.1 Kings 6:20And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.1 Kings 6:21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.1 Kings 6:22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.1 Kings 6:23And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.1 Kings 6:31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.1 Kings 7:49And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
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