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Shuah

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Shuah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen.
  2. 2.1 Chr.

Prostration; a pit.

  1. Shuah (1)

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    One of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen. 25:2; Chr. 1:32).

  2. Shuah (2)

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    1 Chr. 4:11.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(wealth).

Son of Abraham by Keturah. (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32).) (B.C. before 1820.) Properly Shuchah brother of Chelub. (1 Chronicles 4:11) The father of Judah’s wife, (Genesis 38:2,12) called also Shua in the Authorized Version. (B.C. before 1725.)

In the Bible

5

Verses where Shuah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 1:32

    The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:11

    Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

  • Genesis 25:2

    and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

  • 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.

Scripture on Shuah

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Entries that reference Shuah

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Shuah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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