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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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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan[fn] the citadel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan[fn] the citadel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were completed, the king made a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present in Shushan the citadel, from great to small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of Hegai[fn] the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the citadel, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king’s palace, into the care of Hegai the custodian of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Shushan the citadel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - On that day the number of those who were killed in Shushan the citadel was brought to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - And the Jews who were in Shushan gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of the month[fn] they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.
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