2 Samuel 16:23
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
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Oracle
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Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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דְּבִיר
dᵉbîyr · deb-eer'
16 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
Strong's KJV usage: oracle.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:5Strong's last: Psalms 28:2
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dâbâr · daw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
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Strong's first: 2 Samuel 16:23Strong's last: 2 Samuel 16:23
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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.
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Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
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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:
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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.
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oracle
OR'ACLE, n. [L. oraculum, from oro, to utter.]
1. Among pagans, the answer of a god or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry made respecting some affair of importance, usually respecting some future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.2. The deity who gave or was supposed to give answers to inquiries; as the Delphic oracle.3. The place where the answers were given.4. Among christians, oracles, in the plural, denotes the communications, revelations or messages delivered by God to prophets. In this sense it is rarely used in the singular; but we say, the oracles of God, divine oracles, meaning the Scriptures.5. The sanctuary or most holy place in the temple, in which was deposited the ark of the covenant. 1Kings 6.6. Any person or place where certain decisions are obtained.7. Any person reputed uncommonly wise, whose determinations are not disputed, or whose opinions are of great authority.8. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.OR'ACLE, v.i. To utter oracles.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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