דְּבִיר
dᵉbîyr · deb-eer'
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) דְּבִר; from H1696 (דָבַר) (apparently in the sense of oracle);
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: oracle.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּבִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the oracle5 · 31%
- and the oracle2 · 13%
- and of the oracle1 · 6%
- even for the oracle1 · 6%
- that was by the oracle1 · 6%
- and within the oracle1 · 6%
- of the oracle1 · 6%
- into the oracle1 · 6%
- as in the oracle1 · 6%
- to the oracle1 · 6%
- oracle1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.