BDB1824 [H1687]

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 1Kgs 6:5; 1Kgs 6:16; 1Kgs 6:19; 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:21; 1Kgs 6:22; 1Kgs 6:23; 1Kgs 6:31; 1Kgs 7:49 ( = 2Chr 4:20) 2Chr 8:6; 2Chr 8:8 ( = 2Chr 5:7; 2Chr 5:9) 2Chr 3:16; Ps 28:2. Probably read דְּבִיר 2Kgs 10:25 also, for ᵑ0 עִיר; so Klo after ᵐ5L. (It is translated oracle in AV RV after Aq Symm χρηματιστήριον, ᵑ9 oraculum, on the incorrect theory that it was derived from דִּבֶּר speak.)


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