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Lexicon :: Strong's H7800 - šûšan

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שׁוּשַׁן
Transliteration
šûšan
Pronunciation
shoo-shan'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּשַׁן Shûwshan, shoo-shan'; the same as H7799; Shushan, a place in Persia:—Shushan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7800 in the following manner: Shushan (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7800 in the following manner: Shushan (21x).

  1. Shushan or Susa = "lily"

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּשַׁן Shûwshan, shoo-shan'; the same as H7799; Shushan, a place in Persia:—Shushan.
STRONGS H7800: Abbreviations
† II. שׁוּשַׁן proper name, of a location Susa, winter residence of Persian kings; Σουσαν, ἐν Σουσοις (cuneiform Šûšan DlPa 326 COTNehemiah 1:1 BillerbeckSusa SayHast. DB SHUSHAN); — הַבִּירָת שׁ׳ Nehemiah 1:1 (9th month, כִּסְלֵו), Daniel 8:2 (in Elam), Esther 1:2, 5; Esther 2:3, 5, 8; Esther 3:15; a Esther 8:14; Esther 9:6; Esther 9:11; Esther 9:12 (12th month, אֲדָר, Esther 9:1); הַבּ׳ omitted, שׁוּשָׁ֑ן Esther 4:8, 16 and (month אֲדָר) Esther 9:13, 14, 15 (twice in verse); Esther 9:18; הָעִיר שׁ׳ Esther 3:15b; Esther 8:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

1:1; 1:1

Esther

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

Daniel

8:2

H7800

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Strong's Number H7800 matches the Hebrew שׁוּשַׁן (šûšan),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:

During the month of Chislev in the twentieth year, when I was in the fortress city of Susa,

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In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

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At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

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“Let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom, so that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem at the fortress of Susa. Put them under the supervision of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments.

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In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

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When the king’s command and edict became public knowledge and when many young women were gathered at the fortress of Susa under Hegai’s supervision, Esther was taken to the palace, into the supervision of Hegai, keeper of the women.

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The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.

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Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa ordering their destruction, so that Hathach might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and command her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead with him personally for her people.

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“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

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The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses at the king’s urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.

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Mordecai went from the king’s presence clothed in royal blue and white, with a great gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced,

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In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

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On that day the number of people killed in the fortress of Susa was reported to the king.

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The king said to Queen Esther, “In the fortress of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek will also be done.”

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Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews who are in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s law, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hung on the gallows.”

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The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.

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The Jews in Susa assembled again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not seize any plunder.

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But the Jews in Susa had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. They rested on the fifteenth day of the month, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

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