H7800 שׁוּשַׁן (Shûwshan) shoo-shan'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Susa

Biblical Persons & Places

Susa Susa

A location first mentioned at Ezr.4.9; referred to as Susa (שׁוּשַׁן), or Susa (KJV= Susanchite) (שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא).

Strong's Definition

Shushan, a place in Persia

Derivation: the same as H7799 (שׁוּשַׁן);

KJV Usage: Shushan.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shushan or Susa = "lily"

1) the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) — Susa. Shushan or Susa = "lily" the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes Also named: shu.shan.khi (שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא "Susa" H7801)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁוּשַׁן (H7799 · H7800 · H7802a)

noun m

Plants

lily = a flowering plant with an erect stem and long narrow leaves; it can grow to 1.5 m high; it has a bulbous root and cone-shaped flowers, usually with 5–6 petals, which protrude straight out or slightly downward from the stem; ◄ Lilium candidum; ► associated with unsurpassed beauty

1KI 7:19 · 1KI 7:22 · 1KI 7:26 · 2CH 4:5 · SNG 2:1 · SNG 2:2 · SNG 2:16 · SNG 4:5 · SNG 5:13 · SNG 6:2 · SNG 6:3 · SNG 7:3 · HOS 14:6

Sing

Collocation: שֹׁושַׁנִּים

lilies, shoshannim literally: lilies; hence, possibly: = a song to the tune of which one or more of the psalms were played or sung

PSA 45:1 · PSA 69:1

Sing

Collocation: שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת

the lily of the testimony, shushan edut literally: lily of testimony; hence, possibly: = a song to the tune of which one or more of the psalms were played or sung

PSA 60:1 · PSA 80:1

name

Names of Locations

Susa = town; ► capital of Persia

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוּשַׁן n.pr.loc. Susa, winter residence of Persian kings base

Bible Occurrences (19)

1:1

1:2 1:5 2:3 2:5 2:8 3:15 4:8 4:16 8:14 8:15 9:6 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:18

8:2

Nehemiah 1:1

[These are] the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:2

In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

Esther 1:5

At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day... feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

Esther 2:3

and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful... young women into the harem... at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let [them] be given beauty treatments.

Esther 2:5

[Now] there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.

Esther 2:8

When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace... and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

Esther 3:15

The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

Esther 4:8

Mordecai also gave [Hathach] a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction [of the Jews], to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach... the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.