Lexical Definition

‎דְּבִיר‎ dᵉbîyr (deb-eer') sanctuary ^H:N-M
or (shortened) דְּבִר dᵉbir (deb-eer'); from ‎דָבַר‎ (apparently in the sense of oracle)

oracle.

• the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary

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

See Greek: ναός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 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.)

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