Bible Dictionary
Sansannah
Sansannah was a town in the Negeb of Judah, also associated with Hazar-susah and Hazar-susim. Its precise location has not been established.
Definition
Sansannah was a town in the Negeb, or southern district, of Judah. It is also identified with Hazar-susah and is almost certainly the Hazar-susim of Chronicles. The name is associated with a palm branch or thorn bush.
Biblical Usage
Sansannah is listed among the uttermost cities of Judah and is connected with a city of Simeon in the territorial records.
Historical Background
The site has not been identified with certainty. Simsim, described as a village with a well, pool, gardens, and olive grove, has been suggested.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(palm branch), one of the towns in the south district of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:31) only.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>san-san'-a (cancannah; [Sansanna], or Sethennak): One of the uttermost cities in the Negeb of Judah (Jos 15:31), identical with Hazar-susah (Jos 19:5), one of the cities of Simeon, and almost certainly the same as Hazar-susim (1Ch 4:31). It cannot be said to have been identified with any certainty, though Simsim, "a good-sized village with well and pool, surrounded by gardens and having a grove of olives to the north," has been suggested (PEF, III, 260, Sh XX).</p>