Shua
Shua was the father of a Canaanite woman, the wife of Judah, and the mother of Er, Onan, and Shelah.
The name Shua means “crying; saving”
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Summary
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 38:2; only referred to as Shua (שׁוּעַ); father of Bath-shua.
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Alternative names
- שׁוּעַShua
Mentions
- There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
- 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 his sheepshearers at Timnah.
- The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.