Word Summary
biyraniyth: a fortress, fortified place
Original Word: בִּירָנִיתTransliteration: biyraniyth
Phonetic Spelling: (bee-raw-neeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a fortress, fortified place
Meaning: a fortress, fortified place
Strong's Concordance
castle
From biyrah; a fortress -- castle.
see HEBREW biyrah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1003. biyraniyth
[בִּירָנִית] noun feminine fortress, fortified place (late); only plural absolute מִסְכְּנוֺת וְעָרֵי בִּירָנִיּוֺת2 Chronicles 17:12 built by Jehoshaphat; ׳בּ וּמִגְדָּלִים27:4 built by Jotham.