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the name of a Hebrew and a Hebrewess, which appears in different forms in the original.
1. (Heb. Shu'a, ùׁåּòִ , wealth, or a cry for help, or an oath; Sept. Óáýá or ÓáõÜ v.r. ÓïõÝ .) A Canaanite of Adullam, whose daughter (hence named only as Bathshua in the original) was Judah's wife, and the mother of his first three children (Gen_38:2; Gen_38:12 [in both passages the A.V. has incorrectly “Shuah”]; 1Ch_1:32). B.C. ante 1895.
2. (Heb. Shua', ùׁåּòָà , id.; Sept. ÓùëÜ .) Daughter of Heber, a grandson of Asher, whose three sons are likewise enumerated (1Ch_7:32). B.C. post 1874.