{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7800",
  "lemma": "שׁוּשַׁן",
  "transliteration": "Shûwshan",
  "definition": "Shushan, a place in Persia",
  "kjv": "Shushan.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שׁוּשַׁן n.pr.loc. Susa, winter residence of Persian kings"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:2",
      "text": "in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:5",
      "text": "When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Susa the palace…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:3",
      "text": "Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:5",
      "text": "There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:8",
      "text": "So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 3:15",
      "text": "The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/3?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 4:8",
      "text": "He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/4?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 4:16",
      "text": "“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/4?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 8:14",
      "text": "So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 8:15",
      "text": "Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=15"
    }
  ],
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