Strong's #1002: biyrah (pronounced bee-raw')

of foreign origin; a castle or palace:--palace.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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bı̂yrâh

1) palace, castle

2) temple

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of foreign origin

Usage:

This word is used 16 times:

 

1 Chronicles 29:1: "and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD"
1 Chronicles 29:19: "and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision."
Nehemiah 1:1: "as I was in Shushan the palace,"
Nehemiah 2:8: "to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, of the city,"
Nehemiah 7:2: "Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for"
Esther 1:2: "of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,"
Esther 1:5: "the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven"
Esther 2:3: "young virgins unto Shushan the palace, the house of the women,"
Esther 2:5: "Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son"
Esther 2:8: "were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther"
Esther 3:15: "and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink;"
Esther 8:14: "And the decree was given at Shushan the palace."
Esther 9:6: "And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men."
Esther 9:11: "the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king."
Esther 9:12: "hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman;"
Daniel 8:2: "when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw"