KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The most holy inner place of the temple or house of God, where the ark of the covenant was set. Sense 2: An answer or counsel regarded as coming from God.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 16:23
Complete exact-word concordance
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Heare the voyce of my supplications, when I cry vnto thee: when I lift vp my handes toward thy holy Oracle.
1611 marginal noteOr, towards the Oracle of thy Sanctuary.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
The place where the answers were given. The sanctuary or most holy place in the temple, in which was deposited the ark of the covenant.
