Word Study · Strong's H1002 · Hebrew
בִּירָה
birah
bee-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bîyrâh
“a castle or palace”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a castle or palace
Rendered in the KJV as
palace.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- הַבִּירָ֖ה3
- הַבִּירָ֔ה2
- הַבִּירָ֑ה2
- הַבִּירָֽה׃2
- הַבִּירָ֥ה1
- הַבִּירָ֤ה1
- הַבִּירָ֜ה1
- הַבִּירָה֙1
- הַבִּירָ֗ה1
- הַבִּירָ֡ה1
- הַבִּירָֽה׃ פ1
How it is rendered · 2
- the citadel14
- the temple2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular16
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 16
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 29:1הַבִּירָ֔הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.here: the temple
- 1 Chronicles 29:19הַבִּירָ֥הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”here: the temple
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 1:1הַבִּירָֽה׃habirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThese are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,here: the citadel
- Nehemiah 2:8הַבִּירָ֤הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.here: the citadel
- Nehemiah 7:2הַבִּירָ֖הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.here: the citadel
Esther10 occurrences
- Esther 1:2הַבִּירָֽה׃habirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.here: the citadel
- Esther 1:5הַבִּירָ֜הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAt the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.here: the citadel
- Esther 2:3הַבִּירָה֙habirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.here: the citadel
- Esther 2:5הַבִּירָ֑הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.here: the citadel
- Esther 2:8הַבִּירָ֖הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularWhen the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.here: the citadel
- Esther 3:15הַבִּירָ֑הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.here: the citadel
- Esther 8:14הַבִּירָֽה׃ פhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.here: the citadel
- Esther 9:6הַבִּירָ֗הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,here: the citadel
- Esther 9:11הַבִּירָ֖הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOn that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,here: the citadel
- Esther 9:12הַבִּירָ֡הhabirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularwho said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”here: the citadel