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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7801 - שׁוּשַׁנְכָי

Transliteration

Shûwshankîy

Phonetics

shoo-shan-kee'

Root Word (Etymology)

of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

proper gentilic noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Susanchites = see Shushan “lily”

1) the inhabitants of the city of Shushan or Susa

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Ezra 1

NAS (2)

Ezra 2

HCS (1)

Ezra 1

BSB (1)

Ezra 1

ESV (1)

Ezra 1

WEB (1)

Ezra 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא proper name, of a people plural the Susians, people of Susa Ezra 4:9, see דהוא (Dl^{Pa 327}; singular [שׁוּשַׁנָךְ] according to Scheft⁹², = Old Persian * šušana-ka, from Susa, so (as alternative) Andr^{M 85} *; compare (on Elamite god Šušinak) Weissbach^{Anzanische Inschr. 136} Jen^{VOJ vi. 54} Zim^{KAT 3. 485, and} (on Šušun‡a in Elamite inscription, apparently proper name, of a territory) see Weissb^l.c. Jen^{ZMG iv (1901), 229}).

List of Word Forms

שֽׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵ֔א שושנכיא shushanchaYe šū·šan·ḵā·yê šūšanḵāyê