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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,[fn] that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him[fn] on behalf of her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the couriers, mounted on their swift horses that were used in the king’s service, rode out hurriedly, urged by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown[fn] and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - That very day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was reported to the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day’s edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the citadel, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was at the Ulai canal.
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