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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1687 - דְּבִר

Transliteration

dᵉbîyr

Phonetics

deb-eer', deb-eer'

Origin

from (H1696) (apparently in the sense of oracle)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

399g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle
1. hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies
(TWOT) oracle

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3485 ‑ ναός (nah‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (16)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

BSB (16)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

CSB (15)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

ESV (15)

1 Kings 10

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

KJV (16)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

LEB (16)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

LSB (31)

1 Kings 22

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

N95 (30)

1 Kings 22

2 Chronicles 8

NAS (31)

1 Kings 22

2 Chronicles 8

Psalms 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

1 Kings 11

2 Chronicles 4

Psalms 1

ASV (16)

an oracle 1

and in the oracle 1

and of the oracle 1

for an oracle 1

in the oracle 1

into the oracle 2

of the oracle 1

oracle 1

that belonged to the oracle 1

the oracle 6

BSB (16)

an inner sanctuary 1

and the inner sanctuary 1

in the inner sanctuary 1

interwoven 1

of the inner sanctuary 5

sanctuary 2

the inner sanctuary 4

to the inner sanctuary 1

CSB (15)

sanctuary 14

the sanctuary 1

ESV (15)

inner sanctuary 11

necklace 1

place 1

sanctuary 2

KJV (16)

oracle 16

LEB (16)

and for the inner sanctuary 1

before the presence of the inner sanctuary 1

belonged to the inner sanctuary 1

chains in front of the inner sanctuary 1

for it an inner sanctuary 1

for the inner sanctuary 1

in front, the inner sanctuary 1

in the inner sanctuary 1

inner sanctuary 1

now in the inner sanctuary 1

the inner sanctuary 4

the inner sanctuary of 2

LSB (31)

inner 15

sanctuary 16

N95 (30)

inner 15

sanctuary 15

NAS (31)

inner 15

sanctuary 16

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

an oracle 1

and of the oracle 1

for an oracle 1

in the oracle 2

into the oracle 2

of the oracle 1

place 1

that belonged to the oracle 1

the oracle 6

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2093) r b d (דבר DBR) AC: Order CO: Word AB: ?: An arrangement or placement of something creating order. [from: rd- order]

V) r b d (דבר DBR) - Speak: A careful arrangement of words or commands. KJV (1488): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command - Strongs: H1696 (דָּבַר)

N^m) r b d (דבר DBR) - I. Word:An arrangement of words. II. Thing:As something that is arranged. In Hebrew thought words contain substance just as physical objects do. III. Plague:The re-ordering of a population. KJV (49): word, thing, matter, act, chronicle, saying, commandment, pestilence, plague, murrain - Strongs: H1697 (דָּבָר), H1698 (דֶּבֶר)

N^f1) e r b d (דברה DBRH) - Word: An arrangement of words. KJV (1): word - Strongs: H1703 (דַּבֶּרֶת)

b^m) r i b d (דביר DBYR) - Sanctuary: A place of order. KJV (16): oracle - Strongs: H1687 (דְּבִר)

c^f1) e r f b d (דבורה DBWRH) - Bee: A colony of ordered insects. KJV (4): bee - Strongs: H1682 (דְּבֹרָה)

e^f1) e r b i d (דיברה DYBRH) - Order: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): cause, order, estate, end, regard, sake, intent - Strongs: H1700 (דִּבְרָה), H1701 (דִּבְרָה)

g^m) r b f d (דובר DWBR) - I. Wilderness:A place of order, a sanctuary. II. Manner:The order which something is performed. KJV (2): manner, fold - Strongs: H1699 (דֹּבֶר)

h^m) r b d m (מדבר MDBR) - I. Wilderness:A place of order, a sanctuary. II. Speech:An arrangement of words. KJV (271): wilderness, desert, south, speech - Strongs: H4057 (מִדְבָּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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 Chronicles 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 ᵑ0עִיר; 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.)

List of Word Forms

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