Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Shushanchites, SHUSHANCHITES, i.e. inhabitants of Shushan (Susa), are mentioned in Ezr 4:9 among the colonists settled by Osnappar (Ashurbanipal) in Samaria. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Shushanchites shoo-shankts (, shushanekhaye’ (Aramaic); Codex Vaticanus , Sousunachaoi; the King James Version Susanchites): Colonists in Samaria whose original home was in Shushan (Ezr 4:9). Fuente: International Standard … Continue reading “Shushanchites”

Shushan Gate Of The Temple At Jerusalem (, Mishna, Chelim, 17, 9) was located in the eastern outer wall, being the only entrance on that side. We should naturally identify it with the present Golden Gate, which is evidently a Herodian structure; but this can hardly be done, as it lay in a direct line … Continue reading “Shushan Gate Of The Temple At Jerusalem”

Shushan-eduth (Heb. Shushan’ Eduth’, ] ), an expression occurring in the phrase To the chief musician upon Shushan-eduth, which is plainly a musical direction, whatever else may be obscure about it (Psalms 55, title). In Psalms 80 we have the fuller phrase SHOSHANNIM-EDUTH, of which Rodiger regards Shushaneduth as an abbreviation (Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 1385). … Continue reading “Shushan-eduth”

SHUSHAN 1. Psa 60:1-12, title; plural SHOSHANNIM, Psa 45:1-14 69:1-36, titles; the name of a musical instrument. The word signifies a lily, or lilies; and if the instrument were so named from its similarity to this flower, we might understand the cymbal. Or it may denote a melody, so named for its pleasantness of the … Continue reading “Shushan”

Shurtliff, Asaph a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, came from Canada while yet a young man, and settled in Easton, Washington Co., N.Y. There he united with the Church, and was for many years an active and useful local preacher. In 1853 he was received into the Troy Conference, and served as a travelling … Continue reading “Shurtliff, Asaph”

Shurtleff, William a Congregational minister of Portsmouth, N.H., who died in 1747, aged about sixty. He published a number of Sermons and two or three religious pamphlets (1726-41). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Shurtleff, Roswell, D.D a Congregational professor, was born at Ellington, Connecticut, August 29, 1773. He was educated at Chesterfield Academy and Dartmouth College. In 1800 he was appointed tutor, and in 1804 professor of theology and college pastor at Dartmouth. This office he held for twenty- three years, and from 1827 to 1838 he held … Continue reading “Shurtleff, Roswell, D.D”

Shuriasawarnen in Hindu mythology, is a devotee now living, who is destined to become the ruler of the great age which shall follow upon the present, over which Vaivassada presides. In that age Vishnu will appear in his tenth Avatar. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

SHUR A city on the northeast border of Egypt, not far from the modern Suez, Gen 16:7 ; 20:1; 25:18; 1Sa 15:7 ; 27:8. It gave its name to the desert between it and Canaan, towards the Mediterranean, Exo 15:22 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Shur (Heb. Shur, ; Sept, ; Vulg. Sur), … Continue reading “Shur”

Shuppim (Heb. Shuppim’, , or [1Ch 7:15] , prob. serpents [Gesen.], or a contraction for Shephupham; Sept. , v.r. , , etc.), the name of two persons. 1. In 1Ch 7:12, Shuppim and Huppim, the children of Ir, are reckoned among the posterity of Benjamin. B.C. 1856. Ir is, by some, thought to be the … Continue reading “Shuppim”