Meaning of “oracle”
Oracle — In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam. 16:23, to denote the most holy place in the temple (1 Kings 6:5, 19-23; 8:6). In 2 Sam. 16:23 it means the Word of God. A man inquired "at the oracle of God" by means of the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate on the high priest's ephod. In the New Testament it is used only in the plural, and always denotes the Word of God (Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12, etc.). The Scriptures are called "living oracles" (comp. Heb. 4:12) because of their quickening power (Acts 7:38).
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2 Samuel Chapter 16 Verse 23 — And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 23 — And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 19 — And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 6 Verse 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: 1 Kings Chapter 7 Verse 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, 1 Kings Chapter 8 Verse 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. 1 Kings Chapter 8 Verse 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 cherubim. 2 Chronicles Chapter 3 Verse 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. 2 Chronicles Chapter 4 Verse 20 — Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 2 Chronicles Chapter 5 Verse 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. 2 Chronicles Chapter 5 Verse 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 cherubim: Psalms Chapter 28 Verse 2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Acts Chapter 7 Verse 38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: Romans Chapter 3 Verse 2 — Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. Hebrews Chapter 5 Verse 12 — For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 1 Peter Chapter 4 Verse 11 — If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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