sansannah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
sansannah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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).
sansannah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(palm branch), one of the towns in the south district of Judah, named in #Jos 15:31| only.
sansannah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
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.
sansannah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A town in the Negeb or south country (Joshua 15:31), also called Hazar Susah or Susim, "horse court," i.e. "depot of horses" (Joshua 19:5, compare 1 Chronicles 4:31). The wady es Sung, S. of Gaza, the first resting place for horses from Gaza to Egypt. See Wilton. Negeg, 213.