Lexical Definition

‎בִּירָה‎ bîyrâh (bee-raw') palace ^H:N-F
of foreign origin

palace.

• a castle or palace

1) palace, castle
2) temple

See Greek: μητρόπολις · οἰκοδομή · οἶκος · πόλις

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: bi.ra (‎ב‎ִּ‎יר‎ְ‎ת‎ָ‎א‎ "citadel" בִּירָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בִּירָה‎ noun feminine castle, palace (late & probably loan-word; compare As bîrtu, fortress Dl^{HA 22}; Persian bâru = Sanskrit bura, bari, see Ry Neh 2:8) —

1. of temple at Jerusalem 1Chr 29:1; 1Chr 29:19 ‎הַבִּירָה‎; of for-tress near temple Neh 2:8; Neh 7:2 (compare βᾶρις ᵐ5^L Neh 1:1; Neh 2:8; Neh 7:2 — B ἁβιρά, βειρά — and later βᾶρις Jos^{Ant.«JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 14:11»xiv.11},4).

2. ‎בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה‎ Neh 1:1; Esth 1:2; Esth 1:5; Esth 2:3; Esth 2:5; Esth 2:8; Esth 3:15; Esth 8:14; Esth 9:6; Esth 9:11; Esth 9:12; Dan 8:2 in these passages it apparently means a fortress in the city bearing the same name (compare especially Esth 3:15; Esth 8:14; Esth 8:15; Esth 9:6; Esth 9:12; Esth 9:15; Esth 9:18).

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