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Lexicon :: Strong's H1687 - dᵊḇîr

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דְּבִיר
Transliteration
dᵊḇîr
Pronunciation
deb-eer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From דָּבַר (H1696) (apparently in the sense of oracle)
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TWOT Reference: 399g

Strong’s Definitions

דְּבִיר dᵉbîyr, deb-eer'; or (shortened) דְּבִר dᵉbir; from H1696 (apparently in the sense of oracle); the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary:—oracle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1687 in the following manner: oracle (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1687 in the following manner: oracle (16x).

  1. the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle

    1. hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies

  2. (TWOT) oracle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דְּבִיר dᵉbîyr, deb-eer'; or (shortened) דְּבִר dᵉbir; from H1696 (apparently in the sense of oracle); the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary:—oracle.
STRONGS H1687: Abbreviations
† I. דְּבִיר noun masculine (compare Arabic bdb018406 back, bdb018407 part behind) hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon = קדשׁ הקדשׁים holy of holies, most holy place, the place of the ark and the cherubic images, the throne-room of Yahweh 1 Kings 6:5, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31; 1 Kings 7:49 (= 2 Chron 4:20) 2 Chronicles 8:6, 8 (= 2 Chronicles 5:7, 9) 2 Chronicles 3:16; Psalm 28:2. Probably read דְּבִיר 2 Kings 10:25 also, for MT עִיר; so Klo after LXX of Lucian (Lag.). (It is translated oracle in AV RV after Aq Symm χρηματιστήριον, Vulgate oraculum, on the incorrect theory that it was derived from דִּבֶּר speak.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

6:5; 6:16; 6:19; 6:20; 6:21; 6:22; 6:23; 6:31; 7:49

2 Kings

10:25

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:20; 5:7; 5:9; 8:6; 8:8

Psalms

28:2

H1687

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1687 matches the Hebrew דְּבִיר (dᵊḇîr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 -
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,
When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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