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Shuhite

A designation of Bildad (Job 2:11), probably because he was a descendant of Shuah.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(decendant of Shuah). This ethnic appellative “Shuhite” is frequent in the book of Job, but only as the apithet of one person, Bildad The local indications of this book point to a region on the western side of Chaldea, bordering on Arabia; and exactly in this locality, above Hit and on both sides of the Euphrates, are found, in the Assyrian inscriptions, the Tsahi, a powerful people. It is probable that these were the Shuhites.

In the Bible

5

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

  • Job 2:11

    Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

  • Job 8:1

    Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

  • Job 18:1

    Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

  • Job 25:1

    Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

  • Job 42:9

    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

Scripture on Shuhite

5

Entries that reference Shuhite

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Shuhite references

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

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