5578. Sansannah
Berean Strong's Lexicon
Sansannah: Sansannah

Original Word: סַנְסַנָּה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Sansannah
Pronunciation: san-san-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (san-san-naw')
Definition: Sansannah
Meaning: Sansannah

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root סֶנֶה (seneh), meaning "thornbush" or "thorny."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the Hebrew place name Sansannah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific geographical location mentioned only in the Old Testament.

Usage: Sansannah is a place name mentioned in the Old Testament. It is identified as a town in the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah. The name likely refers to a location characterized by thorny bushes or a rugged landscape.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of ancient Israel, place names often held significant meaning, reflecting geographical features, historical events, or cultural aspects. Sansannah, being part of Judah's inheritance, would have been a location of interest during the period of the Israelite settlement in Canaan. The allocation of land to the tribes was a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham and his descendants, marking the establishment of Israel in the Promised Land.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a place in S. Judah
NASB Translation
Sansannah (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
סַנְסַנָּה proper name, of a location in southern Judah; — Joshua 15:31, ᵐ5 Σεθεννακ, A Σανσαννα, ᵐ5L Σεενακ; probably = חֲצַר סוּסָה Joshua 19:5, חֲצַרסֿוּסִים 1 Chronicles 4:31; conjectures on location (near Gaza), see in Dion the passage BuhlGeogr. 163 and references (Simsum, northeast of Gaza, compare by J. SchwarzDas heilig. Land (1852), 72 van d. VeldeMem, 346, is too far north).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Sansannah

Feminine of a form of cancin; a bough; Sansannah, a place in Palestine -- Sansannah.

see HEBREW cancin

Forms and Transliterations
וְסַנְסַנָּֽה׃ וסנסנה׃ vesansanNah wə·san·san·nāh wəsansannāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 15:31
HEB: וְצִֽקְלַ֥ג וּמַדְמַנָּ֖ה וְסַנְסַנָּֽה׃
NAS: and Madmannah and Sansannah,
KJV: and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
INT: and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 5578
1 Occurrence


wə·san·san·nāh — 1 Occ.
















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