shushan · lily

What it means

shushan (שׁוּשַׁן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lily”.

A white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A white field flower, or an ornament shaped like it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Lilies ×8
• lily ×7

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×2
• Song of Songs×8
• Hosea×1

• 1 Kings 7:19

  And the capitals that were on the head of the pillars were lily work in the portico, four cubits.

• 1 Kings 7:22

  And on the head of the pillars was lily work. And the work of the pillars was finished.

• 1 Kings 7:26

  And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim like the work of the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it held two thousand baths.

• 2 Chronicles 4:5

  Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim was like the work of the rim of a cup, a lily flower; it took in and held three thousand baths.

• Psalms 45:1

  For the director. On The Lilies. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil. A song of loves. My heart overflows with a good word; I speak my works to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe.

• Psalms 69:1

  For the director. On The Lilies. Of David. Save me, Elohim, for the waters have come up to the neck.

• Song of Songs 2:1

  I am the narcissus of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.

• Song of Songs 2:2

  Like a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the girls.

• Song of Songs 2:16

  My beloved is mine, and I am his, the one who pastures among the lilies.

• Song of Songs 4:5

  Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.

• Song of Songs 5:13

  His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.

• Song of Songs 6:2

  My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden beds of balsam, to pasture in the gardens and to gather lilies.

• Song of Songs 6:3

  I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine, the one who pastures among the lilies.

• Song of Songs 7:2

  Your navel is a rounded bowl; let it not lack mixed wine; your belly is a heap of wheat fenced with lilies.

• Hosea 14:5

  I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily, and strike his roots like Lebanon.