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Lexicon :: Strong's H1687 - dᵊḇîr

Aa
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.)
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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 Box1Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - And he made chains, like neck ornaments, and put them on the tops of the pillars, and a hundred apples on the chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 - Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.
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