Word Study · Strong's H7800 · Hebrew
שׁוּשַׁן
Shushan
shoo-shan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shûwshan
“Shushan, a place in Persia”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shushan, a place in Persia
Rendered in the KJV as
Shushan.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן4
- בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן4
- בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן3
- בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן1
- בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן1
- בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן1
- בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן1
- בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן1
- וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן1
- שׁוּשַׁ֤ן1
- שׁוּשַׁ֥ן1
- שׁוּשָׁ֖ן1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- in Susa11
- Susa4
- [was] in Susa2
- [were] in Susa2
- [are] in Susa1
- and in Susa1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)16
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 16
- HNpl · 4
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Esther carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Esther19 occurrences
- Esther 1:2בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.here: [was] in Susa
- Esther 1:5בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.here: in Susa
- Esther 2:3שׁוּשַׁ֤ןshushanproper noun (a name)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.here: Susa
- Esther 2:5בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.here: in Susa
- Esther 2:8שׁוּשַׁ֥ןshushanproper noun (a name)When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.here: Susa
- Esther 3:15בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: in Susa
- Esther 3:15שׁוּשָׁ֖ןshushanproper noun (a name)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.here: Susa
- Esther 4:8בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.here: in Susa
- Esther 4:16בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”here: in Susa
- Esther 8:14בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: in Susa
- Esther 8:15שׁוּשָׁ֔ןshushanproper noun (a name)Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.here: Susa
- Esther 9:6וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ןuveshushanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,here: and in Susa
- Esther 9:11בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,here: in Susa
- Esther 9:12בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”here: in Susa
- Esther 9:13בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”here: [are] in Susa
- Esther 9:14בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.here: in Susa
- Esther 9:15בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.here: [were] in Susa
- Esther 9:15בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ןveshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.here: in Susa
- Esther 9:18בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ןbeshushanpreposition + proper noun (a name)The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.here: [were] in Susa
Same headword in Strong's