Shua in the Bible

Meaning: crying; saving

Exact Match

After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to the sheepshearers.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessSheep ShearingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsMourning The Death Of Others

Thematic Bible



And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose, name, was Shua, - and he took her, and went in unto her;

And when the days were multiplied, then died Shua's daughter, Judah's wife, - and Judah consoled himself and went up unto his sheep shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, towards Timnah.


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


the sons of Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess, - but Er the firstborn of Judah became wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, and he slew him.