Citadel
בִּירְתָאStrong’s H1002bira (bi-ra)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bira is the Hebrew word usually translated “citadel” and “temple”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.”
Meaning
- Castle, citadel, palace
How it's translated
- the citadel 14
- the temple 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 10
- Nehemiah 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Daniel 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
- Nehemiah 1:1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Nehemiah 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
- Nehemiah 7:2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Esther 1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Hebrew dictionary
בִּירְתָא bira · citadel
castle, citadel, palace Aramaic of bi.rah (בִּירָה "palace" H1002)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “citadel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CITADEL, noun
A fortress or castle, in or near a city, intended for its defense; a place of arms.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.