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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 - Against the wall of the temple he built chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.[fn] Thus he made side chambers all around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - Then he built the twenty-cubit room at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, with cedar boards; he built it inside as the inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - Inside the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were one-fifth of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - The poles extended so that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - He made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple,[fn] to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - The poles extended so that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to 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 to You,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
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