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Susanchites

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Dwellers in Shushan or Susa

(Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Persons whom the Assyrians imported into Samaria (Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)). They are supposed to have been from Susa.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7801 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Shuwshankiy

Phonic:

shoo-shan-kee’

Meaning:

(Aramaic) of foreign origin; a Shushankite (collectively) or inhabitants of some unknown place in Assyrian

KJV Usage:

Susanchites

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

they of the lily: they of the palace (Shushan)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Inhabitants of Susa or Susi [SHUSHAN], Ezra 4:9.