Bible Names

Shua: meaning of the name

Shua means “crying; saving.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Shua in Hebrew and Greek

שׁוּעַ H7770

Shûwaʻ (shoo'-ah) — Shua, a Canaanite

the same as H7769 (שׁוּעַ);

שׁוּעָא H7774

Shûwʻâʼ (shoo-aw') — Shua, an Israelitess

from H7768 (שָׁוַע); wealth;

Who named Shua in the Bible

Shua in Scripture

“Shua” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:32

    And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.