דְּבִיר devir

Hebrew word for “sanctuary” · Strong’s H1687 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle;

How it is translated

Glosses given for devir in context, with how often each is used:

• innermost room 15
• belonged to the innermost room 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 6 (8), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 5 (2), 1 Kings 7 (1), 2 Chronicles 3 (1), 2 Chronicles 4 (1), Psalms 28 (1)

Forms

• הדביר 7
• דביר 3
• לדביר 2
• בדביר 2
• ולדביר 1
• ודביר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with devir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סָגַר sagar “to shut” 4
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 5
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 5
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 4
• צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 3
• כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 3
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 3
• פְּנִימָה penimah “within” 2
• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 3
• צֵלָע tsela “side” 2
• מְנוֹרָה menorah “lampstand” 2
• אָרַךְ arakh “to prolong” 2

Key verses

The verses using devir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 6:5 — And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made…
• 1 Kings 6:16 — And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle,…
• 1 Kings 6:19 — And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 6:20 — And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure…
• 1 Kings 6:23 — And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
• 1 Kings 7:49 — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
• 1 Kings 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of…
• 1 Kings 8:8 — And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are…
• 2 Chronicles 4:20 — Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
• 2 Chronicles 5:7 — 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…
• 2 Chronicles 5:9 — And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is…
• Psalms 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.