Puah

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Puvvah: NASB

a midwife assigned to the Hebrew women by Pharaoh
son of Issachar son of Israel
son of Dodo of Issachar in the time of the Judges
son of Issachar

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mouth; corner; bush of hair

Hebrew

Strongs #06326: hewp Puw`ah

Puah = "splendid"

1) one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill
all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

6326 Puw`ah poo-aw'

from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy; Puah, an
Israelitess:-Puah.

Strongs #06312: hawp Puw'ah or hwp Puvvah

Puah or Pua or Phuvah = "splendid"

1) son of Issachar
1a) also 'Pua' and 'Phuvah'
2) man of Issachar, father of Tola, the judge of Israel after Abimelech

6312 Puw'ah poo-aw'

or Puvvah {poov-vaw'}; from 6284; a blast; Puah or Puvvah,
the name of two Israelites:-Phuvah, Pua, Puah.
see HEBREW for 06284

Puah [EBD]

splendid. (1.) One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex. 1:15-21).

(2.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1).

Puah [NAVE]

PUAH
1. A Hebrew midwife, Ex. 1:15.
2. Father of Tola, Judg. 10:1.
3. See: Phuvah.

Puvah [NAVE]

PUVAH
See: Phuvah.

PUAH [SMITH]

(splendid).

1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.)
2. The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:1) elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua.
3. One of the two midwives to whom Pharaoh gave instructions to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth. (Exodus 1:15) (B.C. 1571.)

PUAH; PUVAH [ISBE]

PUAH; PUVAH - pu'-a, pu'-va:

(1) pu'ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they arrived. Their act is spoken of as being meritorious in the eyes of the Lord, who is said to have rewarded them by making "houses" for them (Ex 1:15-20). In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. According to another tradition Puah was a proselyte.

(2) pu'ah, in 1 Ch 7:1; puwwah, in Gen 46:13; Nu 26:23; written also "Pua" the King James Version, and "Puvah" Revised Version: Second son of Issachar, ancestor of the Punites, enumerated in the desert census taken by Moses and Eleazar.

(3) pu'ah: Member of the tribe of Issachar, mentioned (Jdg 10:1) as the son of Dodo and the father of Tola, the judge.

Ella Davis Isaacs

PUVAH [ISBE]

PUVAH - pu'-va.

See PUAH.