Strong H7801שׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵא
Susa
- Transliteration
- shûshankîy
- Pronunciation
- shoo-shan-kee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
(Chaldee); of foreign origin; a Shushankite (collectively) or inhabitant of some unknown place in Assyria: - Susanchites.
Detailed definition
Susa, the capital city of the Persian Empire, where Esther lived and the events of her book took place (Esth. 1:2; Dan. 8:2).
In the biblical story
Susa
Capital city of the Persian Empire
Susa, the capital city of the Persian Empire, where Esther lived and the events of her book took place (Esth. 1:2; Dan. 8:2).
In the Bible
Strong H7801 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- susanchites1
First verses
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,