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
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 Kings 7:19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
- 1 Kings 7:26And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5And 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.
- Song of Songs 2:1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- Song of Songs 2:2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- Song of Songs 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 4:5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 5:13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- Song of Songs 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Songs 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Songs 7:2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
- Hosea 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.