Puah
Bible Usage:
- Puah used 3 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 1:15
- Last Reference: 1 Chronicles 7:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Puah
Splendid.
1. One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Exodus 1:15-21).
2. A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1).
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Puah
mouth; corner; bush of hair
Naves Topical Index
Puah
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Puah
(splendid).
- The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Isr'l after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.)
- The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:1) elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua.
- 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.)