# H1002 בִּירָה

בִּירָה (bîyrâh), Strong’s H1002: a castle or palace KJV: palace.. Occurs 16 times.

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*bîyrâh* — a castle or palace

KJV: palace.

Occurs 16 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בִּירָה n.f. castle, palace
- 1 of temple at Jerusalem
- 2 in these passages appar. means a fortress in the city bearing the same name

## Where it occurs
- [Esther 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=2) — in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,
- [Esther 1:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=5) — When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Susa the palace…
- [Esther 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=3) — Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful…
- [Esther 2:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=5) — There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of…
- [Esther 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=8) — So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel…
- [Esther 3:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=15) — The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king…
- [Esther 8:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=14) — So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was…
- [Esther 9:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/9?v=6) — In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
- [Esther 9:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/9?v=11) — On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
- [Esther 9:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/9?v=12) — The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa…