Devir דְּבִיר

Devir (Hebrew דְּבִיר, Strong's H1687) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sanctuary”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Devir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 6:5
  And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
• 1 Kings 6:16
  And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
• 1 Kings 6:19
  And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
• 1 Kings 6:20
  And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
• 1 Kings 6:21
  So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
• 1 Kings 6:22
  And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
• 1 Kings 6:23
  And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
• 1 Kings 6:31
  And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
• 1 Kings 7:49
  And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
• 1 Kings 8:6
  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
• 1 Kings 8:8
  And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 3:16
  And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
• 2 Chronicles 4:20
  Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
• 2 Chronicles 5:7
  And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
• 2 Chronicles 5:9
  And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

Psalms

• Psalm 28:2
  Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).