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Lily

שׁוּשַׁןStrong’s H7799

shushan (shu-shan)

Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shushan is the Hebrew word usually translated “lili”, “shoshannim” and “among the lilies”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.”
1 Kings 7:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. Lilyprobably any lily-like flower · Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1
How it's translated
  • lili 3
  • shoshannim 3
  • among the lilies 3
  • lilies 2
  • a lily 1
  • shushan- 1
  • lily of 1
  • like a lily 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Song of Solomon 8
  • Psalms 4
  • 1 Kings 3
  • 2 Chronicles 1
  • Hosea 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שׁוּשַׁן shushan · lily

1) lily 1a) probably any lily-like flower 1b) Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lily” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LIL'Y, noun

[Latin lilium; Gr.]

A genus of plants of many species, which are all bulbous-rooted, herbaceous perennials, producing bell-shaped, hexapetalous flowers of great beauty and variety of colors.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.