HebrewH1687Noun (Masculine)

דְּבִיר

de.vir

16Occurrences
H1687Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary

or (shortened) דְּבִר; from H1696 (דָבַר) (apparently in the sense of oracle);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. 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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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

דְּבִיר appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
11
2 Chronicles
4
Psalms
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 6:5BSB

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.

1 Kings 6:20BSB

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.

1 Kings 6:23BSB

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.

1 Kings 8:6BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 4:20BSB

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

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