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Puah

פּוּעָהStrong’s H6326

puah (pu-ah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Puah is the Hebrew word usually translated “puah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“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:”
Exodus 1:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
How it's translated
  • puah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    פּוּעָה puah · Puah

    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

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.