noun feminine usually lily, probably any lily-like flower (Tristr^{NHB 462 ff.} Post^{Hast. DB LILY} Löw^{No. 323}; Late Hebrew שׁוֺשַׁנָּה, Arabic (Vulgar ), especially iris, Aramaic שׁוּשַׁנְתָּא, (PS⁴³⁴⁴), Greek σοῦσον Lewy^{Fremdw. 48}; original loan-word from Egyptian sššn, šôš§n, Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 117}); — lily: in simile, יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּה Hosea 14:7 (of Israel), בֵּין הַחוֺחִים ׳כְּשׁוֺ Songs 2:2 (simile of bride), so construct שׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים Songs 2:1 (compare חֲבַצֶּלֶת); plural שׁוֺשַׁנִּים Songs 2:16; Songs 4:5; Songs 6:2,3; Songs 7:3 and (figurative of lover's lips) Songs 5:13; of flower-shaped capitals of pillars, מַעֲשֵׂה שׁוּשַׁן 1 Kings 7:19, שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן ׳מ 1 Kings 7:22; compare מֶּרַח שׁוֺשָׁ֑ן of brim of molten sea 1 Kings 7:26, "" שׁוֺשַׁנָה ׳פ2Chronicles 4:5; elsewhere only Psalm-titles: עַשֹֿׁשַׁנִּים Psalm 45:1; Psalm 69:1, עַלשֿׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת Psalm 60:1, אֶלשֿׁשַׁגִּם עֵדוּת Psalm 80:1; meaning not clear, see Bae and Commentaries al.; yet compare עֵדוּת, below עוד.