Difference between revisions of "Shuhite"

<p> Bildad, in &nbsp;Job 2:11. On the [[W.]] of Chaldaea, bordering on Arabia. Above Hit, on both sides of the Euphrates, occur in [[Assyrian]] inscriptions the Tsukhi, a powerful people. Conquered by [[Babylon]] they are counted by Ezekiel among the Chaldaean tribes. Descended from [[Shuah]] (1). Sohene in the Peutingerian tables designates the country on the [[Euphrates]] immediately above Babylonia. </p>

<p> (Heb. with the art. hash-Shuchi', הִשּׁוּחַי '','' patronymic — from ''Shuah'' Sept. ὁ Σαυχαί v.r. Σαυχεί Σαυχίτης, etc.), an ethnic appellative frequent in the book of Job (&nbsp;Job 2:11; &nbsp;Job 8:1; &nbsp;Job 18:1; &nbsp;Job 25:1; &nbsp;Job 42:9), but only as the epithet of one person, [[Bildad]] (q.v.). The local indications of the book of Job point to a region on the western side of Chaldma, bordering on Arabia; and exactly in this locality, above [[Hit]] and on both sides of the Euphrates, are found, in the Assyrian inscriptions, the ''Tsukhi,'' a powerful people. It is probable that these were the Shuhites, and that, having been conquered by the [[Babylonian]] kings, they were counted by Ezekiel among the tribes of the Chaldoeans. Having lost their independence, they ceased to be noticed; but it was no doubt from them that the country on the Euphrates immediately above [[Babylonia]] came to be designated as Sohene, a term applied to it in the Peutingerian Tables. The Shuhites appear to have been descendants of [[Abraham]] by [[Keturah]] (&nbsp;Genesis 25:2; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:32). — Smith. Others, however, think that ''Sacccoea'' (Σακκαία )'','' which [[Ptolemy]] (5, 14) places eastward of Batanaea, is more probably their representative. (See [[Arabia]]). </p>

<p> ''''' shōō´hı̄t ''''' ( שׁוּחי , <i> ''''' shūḥı̄ ''''' </i> ): Cognomen of Bildad, one of Job's friends (&nbsp; Job 2:11; &nbsp;Job 8:1; &nbsp;Job 18:1; &nbsp;Job 25:1; &nbsp;Job 42:9 ). The place referred to cannot be definitely located. See [[Bildad]]; [[Shuah]] . </p>