Sanctuary
דְּבִירStrong’s H1687devir (de-vir)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Devir is the Hebrew word usually translated “innermost room” and “innermost room of”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- The holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernaclehindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, most holy place, holy of holies
- (TWOT) oracle
How it's translated
- the innermost room 7
- innermost room of 3
- in the innermost room 2
- and the innermost room 1
- to an innermost room 1
- and an innermost room 1
- to the innermost room 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 11
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 6:16And 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.
- 1 Kings 6:19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:20And 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.
- 1 Kings 6:21So 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.
- 1 Kings 6:22And 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.
- 1 Kings 6:23And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
Hebrew dictionary
דְּבִיר devir · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sanctuary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SANC'TUARY, noun
[Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, sacred.]
- A sacred place; particularly among the Israelites, the most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and that only once a year to intercede for the people. Leviticus 4:6
- The temple at Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 20:8
- A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed. Psalms 73:17
- In catholic churches, that part of a church where the altar is placed, encompassed with a balustrade.
All definitions
- A place of protection; a sacred asylum.
- Shelter; protection.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.