crying; saving
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHUA.1. The father of Judahs Canaanite wife (Gen_38:2; Gen_38:12), who appears in 1Ch_2:3 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) as Bath-shua. 2. A daughter of Heber (1Ch_7:32).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Canaanite of Adullam, father of Judah's wife (1Ch_2:3), who was therefore named Bathshua, "daughter of Shua".
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
the name of a Hebrew and a Hebrewess, which appears in different forms in the original.
1. (Heb. Shu'a, שׁוּעִ, wealth, or a cry for help, or an oath; Sept. Σαύα or Σαυά v.r. Σουέ.) A Canaanite of Adullam, whose daughter (hence named only as Bathshua in the original) was Judah's wife, and the mother of his first three children (Gen_38:2; Gen_38:12 [in both passages the A.V. has incorrectly Shuah]; 1Ch_1:32). B.C. ante 1895.
2. (Heb. Shua', שׁוּעָא, id.; Sept. Σωλά.) Daughter of Heber, a grandson of Asher, whose three sons are likewise enumerated (1Ch_7:32). B.C. post 1874.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.