שׁוּשַׁן
šûšan
lily
Strong's H7799NounHebrewTWOT 2356

שׁוּשַׁן (šûšan) is a Hebrew noun meaning lily. It appears 15 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7799).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2356)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2356)lily; as a flower of architectural ornament, a, trumpet; Shoshannim
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שׁוּשַׁן noun, masculine: lily

שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן noun, masculine שׁוֹשַׁנָּה noun, feminine usually lily, probably any lily-like flower

Strong's H7799 שׁוּשַׁן: a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV:lily, Shoshannim.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 7:192 Chronicles 4:5Song of Solomon 2:1

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