בִּירָנִיתbîyrânîyth

fortress, fortified place (2 Chronicles 17:12; 2 Chronicles 27:4)

Pronunciation: bee-raw-neeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1003

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:12 So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
  • 2 Chronicles 27:4 He built towns in the hill country of Judah and constructed fortresses and towers in the wooded areas.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).