Easton'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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(palm branch), one of the towns in the south district of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:31) only.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
" 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.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
bough or bramble of the enemy