Bible Names N-Z

Puah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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 ...

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Publius in Smiths Bible Dictionary

the chief man --probably the governor-of Melita, who received and lodged St. Paul and his companions on the occasion of their being shipwrecked off that island. Ac 28:7 (A.D.55.)...

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Potiphar in Hitchcock's Bible Names

bull of Africa; a fat bull...

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Puah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Hebrew midwife Ex 1:15 -2. Father of Tola Jud 10:1 -3. See PHUVAH...

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Publius in Easton's Bible Dictionary

"the chief man of the island" of Malta (Acts 28:7), who courteously entertained Paul and his shipwrecked companions for three days, till they found a more permanent place of residence; for they remained on the island for three months, till the stormy season had passed. The word here rendered "chief man" (protos) is supposed by some to be p...

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Potiphera in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

po-tif'-e-ra (poTi phera`; Egyptian Padipara, "the (one) given of the sun-god"; compare Hebrew Nathaniel, "the gift of God," Gen 41:45,50; 46:20): There is no certain evidence from Egypt that this name was in existence until the XXIInd Dynasty, about 950 BC. But names of the Hyksos period, and, indeed, any kind of Hyksos inscriptions, are so s...

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Puah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(splendid). 1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. Jud 10:1 (B.C. 1211.) 2. The son of Issachar, 1Ch 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. Ex 1:15 (B.C. 1571.)...

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