פְּנִימִיpᵉnîymîy

inner, always with article, and always of parts of building, usually temple (1 Kings 6:27; 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Chronicles 28:11; 2 Chronicles 4:22; 1 Kings 7:12)

Pronunciation: pen-ee-mee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6442

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Appears 32 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 6:27 He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.
  • 1 Kings 6:36 The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.
  • 1 Kings 7:12 The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple with its entry room.
  • 1 Kings 7:50 the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners—all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.
  • 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:22 the lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners—all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, overlaid with gold.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).