Puah

Puah Scripture - Judges 10:1

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim....

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Puah Scripture - Exodus 1:15

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:...

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PUah Scripture - 1 Chronicles 7:1

Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four....

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Puah in Wikipedia

Puah (meaning "splendid") is a name given to two persons in the Bible: One of the two midwives who feared God, and helped prevent the genocide of Hebrew male children by the Egyptians, according to Exodus 1:15-21. Her colleague was Shiphrah. In Midr. Tadshe (on Ex. i. 15) it is assumed that Puah, as well as the other midwife, was a proselyte, a...

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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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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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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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Puah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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)....

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Pua in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

PUA or PHUVA (See PHUVAH.) 1. Numbers 26:23; father of TOLA, the judge (Judges 10:1). Punites, Pua's descendants.) (See PUNITES.) 2. 1 Chronicles 7:1. 3. (See MIDWIVES.)...

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Puah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

mouth; corner; bush of hair...

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