Topic
Shuah
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 25:2Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Abraham by his wife (concubine), Keturah
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:11Easton · Smith · Nave 2. Brother of Chelub
¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32Smith · Nave 1. Son of Abraham by his wife (concubine), Keturah
¶ 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.
- Genesis 38:2Smith
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
- Genesis 38:12Smith
¶ 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.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Prostration; a pit. (1.) One of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen. 25:2; Chr. 1:32). (2.) 1 Chr. 4:11.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- Son of Abraham by Keturah. (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32).) (B.C. before 1820.)
- Properly Shuchah brother of Chelub. (1 Chronicles 4:11)
- The father of Judah’s wife, (Genesis 38:2,12) called also Shua in the Authorized Version. (B.C. before 1725.)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.