# שׁוּשַׁן (shushan)

Israeli respelling: shu-shan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7799. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)

King James renderings: lily, Shoshannim.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shushan-h7799

## Occurrences

- [1 Kings 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/19) — And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
- [1 Kings 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/22) — And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
- [1 Kings 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/26) — And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousan…
- [2 Chronicles 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/5) — And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received…
- [Psalms 45:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/45/1) — My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- [Psalms 69:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/1) — Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- [Song of Solomon 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/1) — I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- [Song of Solomon 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/2) — As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- [Song of Solomon 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/16) — My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- [Song of Solomon 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/5) — Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
- [Song of Solomon 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/13) — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- [Song of Solomon 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/6/2) — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- [Song of Solomon 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/6/3) — I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- [Song of Solomon 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/2) — Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
- [Hosea 14:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/14/5) — I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.