Shuʿayb
شُعَيْب
Say it shu-ʿAYB
A little people or branch
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- sh-ʿ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 7:85, 11:84, 26:177 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Shuaib, Shoaib, Shuayb
Meaning & source
An Arabic name (al-Jawālīqī). In form it is the diminutive of shaʿb, a people or branch.
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قَالَ الْجَوَالِيقِيُّ: أَسْمَاءُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كُلُّهَا أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً آدَمُ وَصَالِحٌ وَشُعَيْبٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ
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والشَّعْبُ: القَبيلةُ العظيمةُ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root sh-ʿ-b, vol. 1, p. 500 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Shuʿayb (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 7:85