דְּבִיר
de.vir
“sanctuary”
Definition
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
or (shortened) דְּבִר; from H1696 (דָבַר) (apparently in the sense of oracle);
- the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle 1a) hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies 2) (TWOT) oracle
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
דְּבִיר appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
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