Bath-shua
בַּת־שׁוּעַStrong’s H1340bat-shua (bat-shu-a)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Bat-shua is the Hebrew word usually translated “bath-” and “-shua”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:”
Meaning
- The wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her; subsequently wife of David and mother of Solomon, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan (alternate spelling to 'Bathsheba')
- Wife of Judah
How it's translated
- to bath- 1
- -shua 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
בַּת־שׁוּעַ bat-shua · Bath-shua
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.11.3; daughter of: Eliam (H0463); married to David (H1732) and Uriah (H0223A); mother of: Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416) and Solomon (H8010); also called Bath-shua at 1Ch.3.5; Another spelling of bat-she.va (בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע "Bathsheba" H1339) § Bath-shua = "daughter of wealth" 1) the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her; subsequently wife of David and mother of Solomon, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan (alternate spelling to 'Bathsheba') 2) wife of Judah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
B'ATH, noun
- A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in.
- A place in which heat is applied to a body immersed in some substance.
- A house for bathing.
- A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or seven gallons and four pints, as a measure for liquids; and three pecks and three pints, as a dry measure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.