H6326: פּוּעָה
Pûwʻâh · pronounced poo-aw' · “Puah”
Definition
Puah, an Israelitess
KJV translates it as: Puah.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy;
Extended definition
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
§ Puah = "splendid"
one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses
§ Puah = "splendid"
one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6326 is translated
- was puah ×1
Bible verses with H6326 (Pûwʻâh)
Pûwʻâh appears in 1 verse.
- 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: