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Shuchah <a href="../hebrew/7747.htm" title="7747">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Shuchah: Pit, ditch</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">שׁוּחָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Shuwchah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>shoo-khah'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(shoo-khaw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Pit, ditch<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Shuchah<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root שׁוּחַ (shuwach), which means to sink down or to be low.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - Strong's Greek 5421: φρέαρ (phrear) - a well or pit<p> - Strong's Greek 999: βόθυνος (bothynos) - a pit or abyss<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Shuchah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote a pit or a ditch, often implying a trap or a place of danger. It is typically used metaphorically to describe situations of peril or entrapment, both physically and spiritually.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, pits and ditches were common features of the landscape, often used for trapping animals or as defensive structures. In the biblical context, they symbolize danger, entrapment, and sometimes divine judgment. The imagery of a pit is frequently used in wisdom literature and prophetic writings to convey the consequences of wickedness or the depths of despair.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7743.htm">shuach</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a desc. of Judah<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Shuhah (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> II. <font class="hebrew2">שׁוּחָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name</b></font> 'son' of <font class="hebrew2">חוּר</font>, <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4-11.htm">1 Chronicles 4:11</a> (<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ασχα</font>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Σουα</font>), = <font class="hebrew2">חוּשָׁה</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4-4.htm">1 Chronicles 4:4</a> (<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ωσαν</font>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ουσα</font>), see <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Shuah <p>The same as <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm">shuwchah</a>; Shuchah, an Israelite -- Shuah. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm">shuwchah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>שׁוּחָ֖ה שוחה shuChah šū·ḥāh šūḥāh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 4:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּכְל֥וּב אֲחִֽי־ <b> שׁוּחָ֖ה </b> הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the brother <span class="itali">of Shuhah</span> became the father<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the brother <span class="itali">of Shuah</span> begat<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Chelub the brother <span class="itali">of Shuhah</span> became of Mehir<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7746.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7746.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7746<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/shuchah_7746.htm">šū·ḥāh — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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