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Shuah
Prostration; a pit. (1.) One of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen 25:2; Chr. 1:32). (2.) 1 Chr 4:11.
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Genesis 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
- Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.