H7800

שׁוּשַׁן

Shûwshan · shoo-shan'

Shushan, a place in Persia

Lexicon

Derivation: the same as H7799 (שׁוּשַׁן);

Shushan, a place in Persia

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Shushan.

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

21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in shushan5 · 24%
at shushan4 · 19%
unto shushan2 · 10%
as i was in shushan1 · 5%
which was in shushan1 · 5%
now in shushan1 · 5%
shushan1 · 5%
of shushan1 · 5%
and in shushan1 · 5%
which are in shushan1 · 5%
that were in shushan1 · 5%
that were at shushan1 · 5%
that i was at shushan1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן4בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן4בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן3בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן1שׁוּשָׁ֖ן1בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן1שׁוּשַׁ֥ן1בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן1שׁוּשַׁ֤ן1שׁוּשָׁ֔ן1בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן1וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.