ditch; swimming; humiliation
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
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.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
the name of three Hebrews, which appears in different forms in the original.
1. (Heb. Shu'ach, שׁוּחִ, a pit; Sept. Σωέ v.r. Σωιέ and Σωυέ.) Last named of the six sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen_25:2; 1Ch_1:32). B.C. ante 1988. SEE SHUCHITE.
2. The father of Judah's Canaanitish wife (1Ch_2:3). SEE SHUA.
3. (Heb. Shuchah', שׁוּחָה, a pit, Sept.]Ασχά.) A brother (some MSS. have son) of Chelub among.the descendants of Judah (1Ch_4:11). B.C. prob. ante 1612.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.