Shuah

This name was common in Israel to both sons and daughters. We meet with a Shuah, the brother of Chelub, or Caleb, 1 Chron. 4: 11. - - and Shuah, sister to Japhlet, 1 Chron. 7: 32. The name is from a similar word, to cry. It is probably that the Shuhites were from this stock. Abraham’s son Shuah, or Shuach, might be the founder of the Shuhites, or Shuchites. (Gen. xxv. 2. Job 2: 11.)

Shu’ah. (wealth).

1. Son of Abraham, by Keturah. Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32. (B.C. before 1820).

2. Properly, Shuchah, brother of Chelub. 1Ch 4:11.

3. The father of Judah’s wife, Gen 38:2, Gen 38:12, called also Shua, in the Authorized Version. (B.C. before 1725).

1. Gen 25:2.

2. Brother of Chelub (1Ch 4:11). Ten of DeRossi’ s and Kennicott’s manuscripts read "Shuah son of Chelub," another form of Caleb, the addition distinguishing him from Caleb, son of Hezron, and from Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

[Shu’ah]

1. Son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32.

2. Descendant of Judah. 1Ch 4:11.

SHUAH.—A son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen 25:2, 1Ch 1:32. The tribe represented by this name may perhaps be the Suchu of the cuneiform inscriptions, on the right bank of the Euphrates. Bildad the Shuhite (Job 2:11; Job 8:1; Job 18:1; Job 25:1; Job 42:9) is prob. intended to be thought of as belonging to this tribe.