STRONGS NUMBER H1002

H1002. birah

בִּירָה‎ noun feminine castle, palace (late & probably loan-word; compare As bîrtu, fortress Dl^{HA 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; 7:2 (compare βᾶρις ᵐ5‎^L 1:1; 2:8; 7:2 — B ἁβιρά, βειρά — and later βᾶρις Jos^Ant.xiv.11,4).

2 הַבִּירָה בְּשׁוּשַׁן‎ Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2, 5; 2:3, 5, 8; 3:15; 8:14; 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; 8:14-15, 9:6, 12, 15, 18).