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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7770 - שׁוּעַ

Transliteration

Shûwaʻ

Phonetics

shoo'-ah

Origin

the same as (H7769)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shuah = "wealth"
1. father of Judah´s wife

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

CSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

LEB (2)

Genesis 2

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. שׁוּעַ proper name, masculine father of Judah's wife, ᵐ5 Σαυα, Genesis 38:2 and (after construct בַּת) Genesis 38:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3; see בַּתשֿׁוּע above, and compare on meaning (אֲבִי)שׁוּעַ p. 4, (אֱלִי)שׁוּעַ p. 1 Chronicles 4:6.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שׁוּעַ not used in Kal, i.q. יָשַׁע

(1) to be ample, broad; hence

(2) to be rich, wealthy (see שׁוֹעַ, שׁוּעַ No. 1 ).

(3) to be freed from danger and distress (compare יָשַׁע).

Piel שִׁוַּע to ask for aid, to implore help, Psalms 18:42; Job 35:9, 36:13 followed by אֶל Psalms 30:3, 88:14 72:12.

Derivatives, שֶׁוַע-שַׁוְעָה.

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List of Word Forms

שׁ֑וּעַ שׁ֣וּעַ שוע Shua