Shua
שׁוּעַStrong’s H7770shua (shu-a)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shua is the Hebrew word usually translated “shua” and “-shua”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.2
How it's translated
- shua 2
- -shua 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 38:12And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
Hebrew dictionary
שׁוּעַ shua · Shua
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.2; father of: Bath-shua (H1323I) Also named: shu.a (שׁוּעָא "Shua" H7774H) § Shuah = "wealth" father of Judah's wife
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.