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Lexicon :: Strong's H1002 - bîrâ

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בִּירָה
Transliteration
bîrâ
Pronunciation
bee-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
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TWOT Reference: 240

Strong’s Definitions

בִּירָה bîyrâh, bee-raw'; of foreign origin; a castle or palace:—palace.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H1002 in the following manner: palace (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H1002 in the following manner: palace (16x).

  1. palace, castle

  2. temple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּירָה bîyrâh, bee-raw'; of foreign origin; a castle or palace:—palace.
STRONGS H1002: Abbreviations
† בִּירָה noun feminine castle, palace (late & probably loan-word; compare As bîrtu, fortress DlHA 22; Persian bâru = Sanskrit bura, bari, see Ry Nehemiah 2:8) —
1. of temple at Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 29:1, 19 הַבִּירָה; of fortress near temple Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 7:2 (compare βᾶρις LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 7:2 — B ἁβιρά, βειρά — and later βᾶρις JosAnt. xiv. 11, 4).
2. בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2, 5; Esther 2:3, 5, 8; Esther 3:15; Esther 8:14; Esther 9:6, 11, 12; Daniel 8:2; in these passages it apparently means a fortress in the city bearing the same name (compare especially Esther 3:15; Esther 8:14, 15; Esther 9:6, 12, 15, 18).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

29:1; 29:19

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:1; 2:8; 2:8; 2:8; 7:2; 7:2

Esther

1:2; 1:5; 2:3; 2:5; 2:8; 3:15; 3:15; 8:14; 8:14; 8:15; 9:6; 9:6; 9:11; 9:12; 9:12; 9:15; 9:18

Daniel

8:2

H1002

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Strong's Number H1002 matches the Hebrew בִּירָה (bîrâ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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And King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the [fn]temple is not for man but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all [that is necessary] to build the temple [for You], for which I have made provision.”

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The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:

Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the [fn]twentieth year [of the [fn]Persian king], as I was in the [fn]capitol of Susa,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to construct beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, and for the city wall and for the house which I will occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - I put my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many [of the others].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in [fn]Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire],

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When these days were completed, the king held a banquet for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa [the capital], from the greatest [in importance] to the least, a seven-day feast in the courtyard of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “Let the king appoint administrators in all the provinces of his kingdom, and have them gather all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel in Susa, into the harem, under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their beauty preparations be given to them.

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There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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So it came about when the king’s command and his decree were proclaimed and when many young women were gathered together in the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s palace [and placed] in the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was perplexed [by the unusual and alarming decree].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the couriers, who were mounted on the royal relay horses, left quickly, urged on by the king’s command; and the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa [the capital].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

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On that day the number of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa was reported to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. What is your further request? It shall also be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - I looked in the vision and it seemed that I was at the citadel of [fn]Susa, [the capital of Persia], which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I saw myself by the Ulai Canal.
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