שׁוּשַׁן
shu.shan
“Susa”
Definition
Shushan, a place in Persia
the same as H7799 (שׁוּשַׁן);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
שׁוּשַׁן appears 19 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
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