1687. debir

Lexicon

debir: Inner sanctuary, Holy of Holies

Original Word: דְּבִיר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: dbiyr
Pronunciation: deh-BEER
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-eer')
KJV: oracle
NASB: inner sanctuary, sanctuary
Word Origin: [from H1696 (דָּבַר - spoke) (apparently in the sense of oracle)]

1. the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

oracle

Or (shortened) dbir {deb-eer'}; from dabar (apparently in the sense of oracle); the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary -- oracle.

see HEBREW dabar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
perhaps from dabar
Definition
perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple)
NASB Translation
inner sanctuary (15), sanctuary (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. דְּבִיר noun masculine (compare Arabic back, 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 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.)

Forms and Transliterations

בַּדְּבִ֔יר בדביר דְּבִ֥יר דביר הַדְּבִ֔יר הַדְּבִ֖יר הַדְּבִ֡יר הדביר וְלַדְּבִ֑יר וּדְבִ֧יר ודביר ולדביר לִדְבִ֔יר לַדְּבִ֖יר לדביר bad·də·ḇîr baddəḇîr baddeVir də·ḇîr dəḇîr deVir had·də·ḇîr haddəḇîr haddeVir lad·də·ḇîr laddəḇîr laddeVir liḏ·ḇîr liḏḇîr lidVir ū·ḏə·ḇîr ūḏəḇîr udeVir veladdeVir wə·lad·də·ḇîr wəladdəḇîr

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 6:5
HEB: סָבִ֔יב לַֽהֵיכָ֖ל וְלַדְּבִ֑יר וַיַּ֥עַשׂ צְלָע֖וֹת
NAS: both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made
KJV: [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made
INT: around the nave and the inner made side

1 Kings 6:16
HEB: לוֹ֙ מִבַּ֣יִת לִדְבִ֔יר לְקֹ֖דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: [them] for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, [even] as the most
KJV: [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most
INT: built of the house an inner as the most holy

1 Kings 6:19
HEB: וּדְבִ֧יר בְּתוֹךְ־ הַבַּ֛יִת
NAS: Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within
KJV: And the oracle he prepared in
INT: an inner within the house

1 Kings 6:20
HEB: וְלִפְנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֡יר עֶשְׂרִים֩ אַמָּ֨ה
NAS: The inner sanctuary [was] twenty
KJV: And the oracle in the forepart
INT: the forepart the inner twenty cubits

1 Kings 6:21
HEB: זָהָב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָֽב׃
NAS: the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid
KJV: before the oracle; and he overlaid
INT: of gold the front of the inner overlaid gold

1 Kings 6:22
HEB: הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־ לַדְּבִ֖יר צִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃
NAS: which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid
KJV: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid
INT: altar which the inner overlaid gold

1 Kings 6:23
HEB: וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בַּדְּבִ֔יר שְׁנֵ֥י כְרוּבִ֖ים
NAS: Also in the inner sanctuary he made
KJV: And within the oracle he made two
INT: made the inner two cherubim

1 Kings 6:31
HEB: וְאֵת֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַדְּבִ֔יר עָשָׂ֖ה דַּלְת֣וֹת
NAS: For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made
KJV: And for the entering of the oracle he made
INT: the entrance of the inner made doors

1 Kings 7:49
HEB: מִשְּׂמֹ֛אול לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר
NAS: in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure
KJV: before the oracle, with the flowers,
INT: the left front of the inner gold of pure

1 Kings 8:6
HEB: מְקוֹמ֛וֹ אֶל־ דְּבִ֥יר הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל־
NAS: to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house,
KJV: unto his place, into the oracle of the house,
INT: place into the inner of the house to

1 Kings 8:8
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וְלֹ֥א יֵרָא֖וּ
NAS: place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen
KJV: [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen
INT: and before the inner could not be seen

2 Chronicles 3:16
HEB: וַיַּ֤עַשׂ שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ בַּדְּבִ֔יר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן עַל־
NAS: chains in the inner sanctuary and placed
KJV: chains, [as] in the oracle, and put
INT: made chains the inner and placed on

2 Chronicles 4:20
HEB: כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֥ב סָגֽוּר׃
NAS: in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;
KJV: before the oracle, of pure
INT: the way front of the inner gold of pure

2 Chronicles 5:7
HEB: מְקוֹמ֛וֹ אֶל־ דְּבִ֥יר הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל־
NAS: to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house,
KJV: unto his place, to the oracle of the house,
INT: place into the inner of the house to

2 Chronicles 5:9
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וְלֹ֥א יֵרָא֖וּ
NAS: in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen
KJV: before the oracle; but they were not seen
INT: in front of the inner could not be seen

Psalm 28:2
HEB: יָ֝דַ֗י אֶל־ דְּבִ֥יר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃
NAS: toward Your holy sanctuary.
KJV: my hands toward thy holy oracle.
INT: my hands toward sanctuary your holy

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1687
16 Occurrences

bad·də·ḇîr — 2 Occ.
də·ḇîr — 3 Occ.
had·də·ḇîr — 7 Occ.
lad·də·ḇîr — 1 Occ.
liḏ·ḇîr — 1 Occ.
ū·ḏə·ḇîr — 1 Occ.
wə·lad·də·ḇîr — 1 Occ.