Strong's Lexicon

H1687

H1687 — דְּבִיר דֶּבִר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdbiyrnoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 399g

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1687
Word:	דְּבִיר דֶּבִר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1696 (apparently in the sense of oracle)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	dbiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	deb-eer' (or (shortened) dbir {deb-eer'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
KJV Renderings:	oracle.

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BDB1824

I. דְּבִיר noun masculine (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1078] back, [untranscribed source text 1079] 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 1Kgs 6:5; 1Kgs 6:16; 1Kgs 6:19; 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:21; 1Kgs 6:22; 1Kgs 6:23; 1Kgs 6:31; 1Kgs 7:49 ( = 2Chr 4:20) 2Chr 8:6 ; 2Chr 8:8 ( = 2Chr 5:7; 2Chr 5:9) 2Chr 3:16; Ps 28:2. Probably read דְּבִיר 2Kgs 10:25 also, for ᵑ0 עִיר; so Klo after ᵐ5 ^L . (It is translated oracle in AV RV after Aq Symm χρηματιστήριον, ᵑ9 oraculum, on the incorrect theory that it was derived from דִּבֶּר speak.)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דביר (d’veer)

2 Chronicles 3:16

KJV: And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

EHCC: (as) in the oracle,

2 Chronicles 4:20

KJV: Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

EHCC: before the oracle,

2 Chronicles 5:7

KJV: And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

EHCC: to the oracle of the house,

Psalms 28:2

KJV: Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.thy…: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary

EHCC: my hands toward thy holy onacle.