Shua in the Bible

Meaning: crying; saving

Exact Match

And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningMarital SexMarital Sex Between

And as the days were multiplied, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. And Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheep-shearers, to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessSheep ShearingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsMourning The Death Of Others

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Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.


Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.


The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.