שׁוּשַׁן
shûwshan · shoo-shan'
a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שׁוֹשָׁן; or שֹׁשָׁן; and (feminine) שׁוֹשַׁנָּה; from H7797 (שׂוּשׂ);
a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
- a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament
- also, a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lily, Shoshannim.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּשַׁן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- among the lilies3 · 20%
- of lilies2 · 13%
- upon shoshannim2 · 13%
- as the lily2 · 13%
- were of lily1 · 7%
- was lily1 · 7%
- and the lily1 · 7%
- like lilies1 · 7%
- lilies1 · 7%
- with lilies1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.