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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 Box 1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The posts went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
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