Lexicon birah: citadel, fortress, temple Original Word: בִּירָה Strong's Exhaustive Concordance palace Of foreign origin; a castle or palace -- palace. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definition a castle, palace NASB Translation capitol (1), citadel (11), fortress (2), temple (2). Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 for-tress near temple Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 7:2 (compare βᾶρις ᵐ5L 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). Forms and Transliterations הַבִּירָ֑ה הַבִּירָ֔ה הַבִּירָ֖ה הַבִּירָ֗ה הַבִּירָ֜ה הַבִּירָ֡ה הַבִּירָ֤ה הַבִּירָ֥ה הַבִּירָֽה׃ הַבִּירָה֙ הבירה הבירה׃ hab·bî·rāh habbiRah habbîrāhLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 1 Chronicles 29:1 HEB: לֹ֤א לְאָדָם֙ הַבִּירָ֔ה כִּ֖י לַיהוָ֥ה NAS: is great; for the temple is not for man, KJV: [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man, INT: for man the temple for the LORD 1 Chronicles 29:19 Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah 2:8 Nehemiah 7:2 Esther 1:2 Esther 1:5 Esther 2:3 Esther 2:5 Esther 2:8 Esther 3:15 Esther 8:14 Esther 9:6 Esther 9:11 Esther 9:12 Daniel 8:2 16 Occurrences |
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