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1 Kings 6:19
“And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דְּבִירdᵉbîyr · deb-eer'
H1687 · Hebrew
H1687 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
- Derivation
- or (shortened) דְּבִר; from H1696 (דָבַר) (apparently in the sense of oracle);
- KJV renderings
- oracle.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- דְבִ֧יר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 6:51 Kings 6:161 Kings 6:201 Kings 6:211 Kings 6:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דְּבִיר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.