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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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Then King H4428 David H1732 said H559 to the entire H3605 assembly, H6951 “My son H1121 Solomon, H8010 whom alone H259 God H430 has chosen, H977 is still young H5288 and inexperienced H7390 and the work H4399 is great; H1419 for the [fn]temple H1002 is not for man, H120 but for the LORD H3068 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - and give H5414 to my son H1121 Solomon H8010 a perfect H8003 heart H3824 to keep H8104 Your commandments, H4687 Your testimonies H5715 and Your statutes, H2706 and to do H6213 them all, H3605 and to build H1129 the [fn]temple, H1002 for which H834 I have made H3559 provision.” H3559

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words H1697 of Nehemiah H5166 the son H1121 of Hacaliah. H2446 Now it happened H1961 in the month H2320 Chislev, H3691 in the twentieth H6242 year, H8141 while I was in Susa H7800 the [fn]capitol, H1002

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter H107 to Asaph H623 the keeper H8104 of the king’s H4428 forest, H6508 that he may give H5414 me timber H6086 to make H7136 beams H7136 for the gates H8179 of the fortress H1002 which H834 is by the [fn]temple, H1004 for the wall H2346 of the city H5892 and for the house H1004 to which H834 I will go.” H935 And the king H4428 granted H5414 them to me because the good H2896 hand H3027 of my God H430 was on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - then I put H6680 Hanani H2607 my brother, H251 and Hananiah H2608 the commander H8269 of the fortress, H1002 in charge H5921 of Jerusalem, H3389 for he was a faithful H571 man H376 and feared H3372 God H430 more H4480 than H4480 many. H7227

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those H1992 days H3117 as King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 which H834 was at the citadel H1002 in Susa, H7800

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - When these H428 days H3117 were completed, H4390 the king H4428 gave H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa, H7800 from the greatest H1419 to the least, H6996 in the court H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king’s H4428 palace. H1055

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “Let the king H4428 appoint H6485 overseers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438 that they may gather H6908 every H3605 beautiful H2896 young H5291 virgin H1330 to the citadel H1002 of Susa, H7800 to the harem, H1004 H802 into the custody H3027 of Hegai, H1896 the king’s H4428 eunuch, H5631 who is in charge H8104 of the women; H802 and let their cosmetics H8562 be given H5414 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 a Jew H3064 whose name H8034 was Mordecai, H4782 the son H1121 of Jair, H2971 the son H1121 of Shimei, H8096 the son H1121 of Kish, H7027 a Benjamite, H376 H3228

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So it came H1961 about when the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 were heard H8085 and many H7227 young H5291 ladies H5291 were gathered H6908 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800 into the custody H3027 of Hegai, H1896 that Esther H635 was taken H3947 to the king’s H4428 [fn]palace H1004 into the custody H3027 of Hegai, H1896 who was in charge H8104 of the women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers H7323 went H3318 out impelled H1765 by the king’s H4428 command H1697 while the decree H1881 was [fn]issued H5414 at the citadel H1002 in Susa; H7800 and while the king H4428 and Haman H2001 sat H3427 down H3427 to drink, H8354 the city H5892 of Susa H7800 was in confusion. H943

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - The couriers, H7323 hastened H926 and impelled H1765 by the king’s H4428 command, H1697 went H3318 out, riding H7392 on the royal H327 steeds; H7409 and the decree H1881 was given H5414 out at the citadel H1002 in Susa. H7800

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - At the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 the Jews H3064 killed H2026 and destroyed H6 five H2568 hundred H3967 men, H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - On that day H3117 the number H4557 of those who were killed H2026 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800 [fn]was reported H935 to the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - The king H4428 said H559 to Queen H4436 Esther, H635 “The Jews H3064 have killed H2026 and destroyed H6 five H2568 hundred H3967 men H376 and the ten H6235 sons H1121 of Haman H2001 at the citadel H1002 in Susa. H7800 What H4100 then have they done H6213 in the rest H7605 of the king’s H4428 provinces! H4082 Now what H4100 is your petition? H7596 It shall even be granted H5414 you. And what H4100 is your further H5750 request? H1246 It shall also be done.” H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - I looked H7200 in the vision, H2377 and while I was looking H7200 I was in the citadel H1002 of Susa, H7800 which H834 is in the province H4082 of Elam; H5867 and I looked H7200 in the vision H2377 and I myself H589 was beside H5921 the Ulai H195 [fn]Canal. H180
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