Strong’s H1003 · Hebrew
בִּירָנִית
bîyrânîyth · bee-raw-neeth'
Origin from בִּירָה (H1002);
Meaning a fortress
In the King James Version castle.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Chronicles 17:12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
- 2 Chronicles 27:4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.