שׁוֹעַ

I. שׁוֺעַ adjective (free), idependent, noble (in station) (according to most from second. √ שׁוע = ישׁע in sense of Arabic (compare תְּשׁוּעָה below); but actual existence of such a √ not proven; Thes allows שׁוֺעַ = יְשׁוֺעַ) — noble, of rank (and, by implication, of character) Isa 32:5 (|| נָדִיב opposed to כִּילַי), Job 34:19 (Di and others rich, but || שָׂרִים opposed to דַּל). —

III. שׁוֺעַ proper name, of a people Ezek 23:23 usually identified with Assyrian Sutû, Sutî, nomads of Mesop. and (later) east of Tigris, Dl^{Pa 234 ff.} COT^{on the passage} Wkl^{KAT 3. 22} Dt^{Hast. DB KOA}.