Strong H7799שׁוּשַׁן

lily

Transliteration
shûshan shôshân shôshân shôshannâh
Pronunciation
shoo-shan' (2,3) sho-shawn' sho-shan-naw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine) OR Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind

Definition

From H7797; a lily (from its {whiteness }) as a flower or architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): - {lily} Shoshannim.

Detailed definition

1) lily
1a) probably any lily-like flower
1b) Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1

In the Bible

Strong H7799 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • lily13

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 7:19
    And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
  2. 1 Kings 7:22
    And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Song of Songs 2:1
    I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
  6. Song of Songs 2:2
    As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  7. Song of Songs 2:16
    My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
  8. Song of Songs 4:5
    Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
  9. Song of Songs 5:13
    His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
  10. Song of Songs 6:2
    My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
  11. Song of Songs 6:3
    I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
  12. Song of Songs 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.
  13. Hosea 14:5
    I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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