Bible Names

Shuah: meaning of the name

Shuah means “ditch; swimming; humiliation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Shuah in Hebrew and Greek

שׁוּחַ H7744

Shûwach (shoo'-akh) — Shuach, a son of Abraham

from H7743 (שׁוּחַ); dell;

שׁוּחָה H7746

Shûwchâh (shoo-khaw') — Shuchah, an Israelite

the same as H7745 (שׁוּחָה);

שׁוּעַ H7770

Shûwaʻ (shoo'-ah) — Shua, a Canaanite

the same as H7769 (שׁוּעַ);

People named Shuah in the Bible

Shuah in Scripture

“Shuah” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 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.