Lexical Summary Shushan: residence of person kings Original Word: שׁוּשַׁןTransliteration: Shushan Phonetic Spelling: (shoo-shan') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: residence of person kings Meaning: Susa -- residence of person kings Strong's Concordance Shushan The same as shuwshan; Shushan, a place in Persia -- Shushan. see HEBREW shuwshan Brown-Driver-Briggs H7800. Shushan II. שׁוּשַׁן proper name, of a location Susa, winter residence of Persian kings; Σουσαν, ἐν Σουσοις (cuneiform Šûšan DlPa 326 COTNehemiah 1:1 BillerbeckSusa SayHast. DB SHUSHAN); — ׳שׁ הַבִּירָת 1:1 (9th month, כִּסְלֵו), Daniel 8:2 (in Elam), Esther 1:2, 5; 2:3, 5, 8; 3:15; a 8:14; 9:6; 9:11; 9:12 (12th month, אֲדָר, 9:1); ׳הַבּ omitted, שׁוּשָׁ֑ן 4:8, 16 and (month אֲדָר) 9:13-14, 15 (twice in verse); 9:18; שׁ ׳הָעִיר 3:15b; 8:15. |