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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 (Exd 1:15-21).

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Puah:

mouth; corner; bush of hair

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Puah:

(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)

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