H7770 שׁוּעַ (Shûwaʻ) shoo'-ah

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Shua

Biblical Persons & Places

Shua Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.38.2; only referred to as Shua (שׁוּעַ); father of Bath-shua.

Strong's Definition

Shua, a Canaanite

Derivation: the same as H7769 (שׁוּעַ);

KJV Usage: Shua, Shuah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shuah = "wealth"

1) father of Judah's wife

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוּעַ (shu.a) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁוּעַ (H7769 · H7770) SAHD

noun c · שׁוע

Shout

cry for help, cry out = action by which humans raise their voice ◄ in times of hardship ► hoping to receive help from God or someone else

JOB 30:24 · JOB 36:19

noun c · שֹׁועַ · שׁוּעַ · שׁוּעָא

Rich | Great | ≈ כֹּחַ

wealth = state in which humans are wealthy ► and therefore belong to the upper class of the society; ≈ associated with respectability and moral character

JOB 36:19

name

Names of People

Shua = man; ► father of wife of Judah

GEN 38:2 · GEN 38:12 · 1CH 2:3

¹ JOB 36:19 RSV NRSV ESV GNT "cry" | NIV NJPS "wealth" CEV "riches"

Reinier de Blois; J.K. Aitken; G.I. Davies

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוּעַ n.pr.m. father of Judah’s wife base

Bible Occurrences (2)

38:2 38:12

Genesis 38:2

There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

Genesis 38:12

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers... at Timnah.