Shushan — the meaning of the Hebrew name שׁוּשַׁן

שׁוּשַׁן

Shûwshan · pronounced shoo-shan' · Strong's H7800 · a place

Shushan means Shushan, a place in Persia.

Built from

שׁוּשַׁן shûwshan (the same as, H7799) — a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of architectural ornament open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H7799; Shushan, a place in Persia.

First appearance

Neh 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, (KJV)

Every verse that names Shushan

19 occurrences in 19 verses — Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel

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

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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