H1003 - בִּירָנִית (bîyrânîyth)

H1003 בִּירָנִית (bîyrânîyth) bee-raw-neeth'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 1002; a fortress

KJV Usage: castle

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בִּירָנִית (bi.ra.nit) — fortress. fortress, fortified place

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בִּירָה (A1001 · H1002 · H1003) — בִּירָנִית, בִּירָנִיָּה

noun f

Buildings

fortress, citadel = a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.

2CH 17:12 · 2CH 27:4 · EZR 6:2 · NEH 1:1 · NEH 7:2 · 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

Buildings

temple (of Jerusalem) = a complex of buildings in Jerusalem, including the temple area

1CH 29:1 · 1CH 29:19 · NEH 2:8

¹ 1CH 29:1 · 1CH 29:19 · NEH 2:8 The meaning of בִּירָה here is disputed. Since it is a building or a series of buildings לַיהוָה אֶלֹהִים the referent must be the temple or the temple area. RSV "palace" NIV "palatial structure" | NRSV NJPS CEV GNT "temple". NRSV has "temple" in the text and a note "Heb. fortress". Klein has "temple" | Braun "palace" (but with the sense of "temple", cf. note). Knoppers 944 has "citadel" and explains: "there is reason to believe that bîrâ refers here to a complex of buildings, including the Temple (J. Schwartz 1996: 29–49), rather than to a single structure".

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[בִּירָנִית] n.f. fortress, fortified place (late) base