Word

בִּירָה

bîyrâh · H1002 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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A word for 2 things

Fortress, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortCity fortifications123 verses
PalaceBuildings and Structures103 verses

Meanings

fortress, citadel

A fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege

Examples
Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol,
Nehemiah 7:2 then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the citadel, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
Esther 1:2 in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
A complex of buildings in Jerusalem, including the temple area (temple (of Jerusalem))

Examples
1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced, and the work is great; for the temple is not for mankind, but for the LORD God.
1 Chronicles 29:19 and give my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.”
Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which is by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בַּיִתhouse, household 1
כּוּןto establish, to prepare 1

Named alongside itApposition

12 occurrences in 1 groups

שׁוּשַׁןlily 12

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בָּנָהto build, to rebuild, to establish 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

שַׁעַרgate 1
שַׂרcommander, chief, official 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Buildings001003002001: The word denotes a palace, fortress, or citadel, as David speaks of building 'the temple' in 1 Chronicles 29:1 and Nehemiah locates himself in 'Susa the capitol' in Nehemiah 1:1, fitting this domain's category for grand or fortified structures.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בִּירָהbîyrâh · H1002בִּירָנִית bîyrânîyth · H1003 · fortress, citadel, temple (of Jerusalem) · 2×בִּירָא bîyrâʼ · H1001 · palace · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1002. birah בִּירָה noun feminine castle, palace (late & probably loan-word; compare As…

H1002. birah
בִּירָה noun feminine castle, palace (late & probably loan-word; compare As bîrtu, fortress DlHA 22; Persian bâru = Sanskrit bura, bari, see Ry Neh 2:8) —
1 of temple at Jerusalem 1Ch 29:1, 1Ch 29:19 הַבִּירָה; of for-tress near temple Neh 2:8; Neh 7:2 (compare βᾶρις ᵐ5L Neh 1:1; Neh 2:8; Neh 7:2 — B ἁβιρά, βειρά — and later βᾶρις JosAnt.xiv.11,4).
2 הַבִּירָה בְּשׁוּשַׁן Neh 1:1; Est 1:2, Est 1:5; Est 2:3, Est 2:5, Est 2:8; Est 3:15; Est 8:14; Est 9:6, Est 9:11, Est 9:12; Dan 8:2; in these passages it apparently means a fortress in the city bearing the same name (compare especially Est 3:15; Est 8:14-15, Est 9:6, Est 9:12, Est 9:15, Est 9:18).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0