Shushan שׁוּשַׁן

Shushan (Hebrew שׁוּשַׁן, Strong's H7799) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lily”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shushan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:19
  And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
• 1 Kings 7:22
  And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
• 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 thousand baths.It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

2 Chronicles

• 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 and held three thousand baths.It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 2:1
  I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
• Song of Solomon 2:2
  As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
• Song of Solomon 2:16
  My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
• Song of Solomon 4:5
  Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
• Song of Solomon 5:13
  His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
• 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.My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
• Song of Solomon 6:3
  I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
• 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.Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

Hosea

• Hosea 14:5
  I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).