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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

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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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