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Sansannah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A palm branch, or a thorn bush, a town in the south (the negeb) of Judah (Josh. 15:31); called also Hazarsusah (19:5), or Hazar-susim (1 Chr. 4:31).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(palm branch), one of the towns in the south district of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:31) only.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SANSAN'NAH (palm-branch), a place in the Negeb, or "south country," Josh 15:31; also called "Hazar-susah" or "Susim," "horse-court" - that is, "depot of horses." Josh 19:5; comp. 1 Chr 4:31. Wilton locates it in the modern Wady es Suny; Conder, at biet Susin, 15 miles west of Jerusalem, but this seems too far north.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
bough or bramble of the enemy
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SANSAN'NAH (palm-branch), a place in the Negeb, or "south country," Josh 15:31; also called "Hazar-susah" or "Susim," "horse-court" - that is, "depot of horses." Josh 19:5; comp. 1 Chr 4:31. Wilton locates it in the modern Wady es Suny; Conder, at biet Susin, 15 miles west of Jerusalem, but this seems too far north.