BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7747
shu.chi — Shuhite
Someone descended from Shuh(?), first mentioned at Job.2.1 § Shuhite, of Shua "wealth" an ethnic appellative applied only to Bildad, the friend of Job
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A designation of Bildad (Job 2:11), probably because he was a descendant of Shuah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
