בִּירָנִית
biranit · citadel, fortress
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1003 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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biranit (בִּירָנִית) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “citadel, fortress”.
Citadel: a fortress, a strong place built to defend a region. It is of the family of the word "palace, fortress."
How to say it
bi·ra·nit
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A stronghold built to defend a region.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- citadels ×1
- fortresses ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Chronicles 17:12
Jehoshaphat kept growing greater and greater, and he built in Judah citadels and store cities.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4
He built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.