STRONGS H7799:
Abbreviations
† I. שׁוּשַׁן,
שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן noun masculine שׁוֺשַׁנָּה noun feminine usually
lily, probably any lily-like flower (Tristr
NHB 462 ff. Post
Hast. DB LILY Löw
No. 323; Late Hebrew
שׁוֺשַׁנָּה, Arabic
(Vulgar
), especially
iris, Aramaic
שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא,
(PS
4344), Greek
σοῦσον Lewy
Fremdw. 48; original loan-word from Egyptian
sššn, šôšĕn, Erman
ZMG xlvi (1892), 117); —
lily: in simile,
יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּה Hosea 14:7 [
Hosea 14:6] (of Israel),
בֵּין הַחוֺחִים כְּשׁוֺ׳ Songs 2:2 (simile of bride), so construct
שׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים Songs 2:1 (compare
חֲבַצֶּלֶת); plural
שׁוֺשַׁנִּים Songs 2:16; Songs 4:5; Songs 6:2, Songs 6:3;
Songs 7:3 [Songs 7:2] and (figurative of lover's lips) Songs 5:13; of flower-shaped capitals of pillars,
מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוּשַׁן 1 Kings 7:19,
שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן מ׳ 1 Kings 7:22; compare
שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן פֶּרַח of brim of molten sea
1 Kings 7:26, ||
שׁוֹשַׁנָּה פ׳ 2 Chronicles 4:5; elsewhere only Psalm-titles:
עַל־שֹׁשַׁנִּים Psalm 45:1;
Psalm 69:1,
עַלשֿׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת [
H7802 Psalm 60:1],
אֶל־שֹׁשַׁנִּיֹם עֵדוּת [
H7802 Psalm 80:1]; meaning not clear, see Bae and Commentaries al.; yet compare
H5715 עֵדוּת.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
1 Kings
7:19; 7:22; 7:26
2 Chronicles
4:5
Psalms
45:1; 69:1
Song of Songs
2:1; 2:2; 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2; 6:3; 7:2
Hosea
14:6
