Susanna
Susanna
( v.r. ; i.e. , Shoshanndh, a lily [q.v.]), the name of two females in the Bible. The name likewise occurs in Diod. Sic. as that of the daughter of Ninus (2, 6); and Sheshan (1Ch 2:31; 1Ch 2:34-35) is of the same origin and meaning (Gesen. Thesaur. s.v.).
I. The heroine of the story of the Judgment of Daniel in the Apocrypha, otherwise called.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Susanna (2)
was held by the ancient Church to be a symbol of resurrection, and also a type of the persecuted Church-the two elders representing the pagans and the Jews. Representations of her are frequently found in France, in cemeteries, on sarcophagi. She is sometimes standing between two old men, sometimes between two trees behind which the men are hiding. Sometimes she is represented as a lamb between a fox, and a leopard. In France she still appears as the representative of the Christian Church, the persecutors being Arians, Goths, and Vandals. Martigny, Dict. des Antiq. Chret. s.v.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Susanna
lily, with other pious women, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:3).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Susanna
(“lily”.) One of the women who ministered to the Lord Jesus (Luk 8:3).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Susanna
SUSANNA ( fr. , fem. , which denotes a lily or any lily-like flower).All that is known of her is that she was one of the women who ministered to Jesus (Luk 8:3). The mention of her name without further particulars implies that she was well known. This may have been due to her special devotion, in which case reference to her on other occasions would have been expected, or to her social rank, which view may derive support from the succession of her name to that of Joanna (wh. see).
R. W. Moss.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Susanna
SUSANNA.See Apocrypha, 5.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Susanna
A name well known in Scripture; probably derived from Shoshan, a lily, or rose. And some have thought on this account that the church calls herself Shoshan, when in the Canticles she saith, “I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the vallies.” And if so, it is worthy remark that Jesus confining this name to his church, when immediately after he adds, “as the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.” (See Son 2:1-2) But whether so or not, certain it is that the church in Christ’s esteem is, as Shoshan, their is both the rose and the lily, for grace, loveliness, and fragrancy. Let any one behold the church made white, or the lily in her Redeemer’s righteousness, or red as the rose, being washed in his blood; let the fragrancy of the graces of faith and love, when going forth in the lively exercise upon the person of her Lord, be considered; let the fruitfulness of the once wilderness state of the heart, now blossoming like the rose, be marked: and when like the rose the odour is called forth and exhaled by the sun’s beams shining upon her, and let every one then say, what can be more beautifully descriptive of the church than such emblems.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Susanna
[Susan’na]
One of the women who had the honour of ministering to the Lord of their substance. Luk 8:3.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Susanna
A woman who ministered to Jesus.
Luk 8:3
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Susanna
Susan’na. (a lily).
1. The heroine of the story, of the Judgment of Daniel. (The book which gives an account of her life is also called “The history of Susanna,” and is one of the apocryphal books of the Bible).
2. One of the women, who ministered to the Lord. Luk 8:3. (A.D. 28-30).