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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PUAH; PUVAH

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 said to have rewarded them by making "houses" for them (Exodus 1:15-20). In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. According to another tradition Puah was a proselyte.

(2) pu'ah, in 1 Chronicles 7:1; puwwah, in Genesis 46:13 Numbers 26:23; written also "Pua" the King James Version, and "Puvah" Revised Version: Second son of Issachar, ancestor of the Punites, enumerated in the desert census taken by Moses and Eleazar.

(3) pu'ah: Member of the tribe of Issachar, mentioned (Judges 10:1) as the son of Dodo and the father of Tola, the judge.

Ella Davis Isaacs

Strong's Hebrew

6326. Puah -- an Israelite midwife
... 6325, 6326. Puah. 6327 . an Israelite midwife. Transliteration: Puah Phonetic
Spelling: (poo-aw') Short Definition: Puah. ... midwife NASB Word Usage Puah (1). ...
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6312. Puah -- a man of Issachar
Puah or Puvvah. 6311, 6312. Puah or Puvvah. 6313 . a man of Issachar.
Transliteration: Puah or Puvvah Phonetic Spelling: (poo-aw') Short Definition: Puah. ...
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6324. Puni -- descendant of Puvah
... Puni. 6325 . descendant of Puvah. Transliteration: Puni Phonetic Spelling:
(poo-nee') Short Definition: Punites. Word Origin probably from Puah Definition ...
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Library

Some General Matters and Some Biblical Characters. The Bible Book ...
... (8) Dinah, Gen.30:21; 34:11. (9) Adah, Gen.36:2. (10) Asenath, Gen.41:45. (11) Shiphrah
and Puah, Ex.1:15. (12) Jehochebed, Ex.6:20. (13) Miriam. ...
/.../chapter viii some general matters.htm

Chapter xlvi
... I Chron.). "Puvah" (v.13) and "Job" have parallels "Puah" and "Jashub" (I
Chron.). These variants need disturb no one. The similarity ...
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The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity than the ...
... [2041] Abinoam; Judges 4:6. [2042] Sic. Tholeas may be the right reading instead
of Boleas. But Judges 10:1 says Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo. ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xxi the jewish institutions and.htm

Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
... What was the conduct of Shiphrah and Puah, when the king of Egypt issued
his cruel mandate, with regard to the Hebrew children? ...
/.../an appeal to the christian women of the south/appeal to the christian women.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Puah

mouth; corner; bush of hair

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Puah

(splendid).

The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.)
The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:1) elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua.
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.)

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 (Exodus 1:15-21).

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

Thesaurus

Puah (5 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PUAH; PUVAH. ... In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified
with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. ...
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Tap'puah (5 Occurrences)
Tap'puah. Tappuah, Tap'puah. Tar . Multi-Version Concordance
Tap'puah (5 Occurrences). Joshua 12:17 the king of Tappuah ...
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En-tap'puah (1 Occurrence)
En-tap'puah. En-tappuah, En-tap'puah. Enter . Multi-Version
Concordance En-tap'puah (1 Occurrence). Joshua 17:7 And ...
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Beth-tap'puah (1 Occurrence)
Beth-tap'puah. Beth-tappuah, Beth-tap'puah. Beth-togarmah .
Multi-Version Concordance Beth-tap'puah (1 Occurrence). ...
/b/beth-tap'puah.htm - 6k

Tola (5 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:23) whose descendants in the reign of David included 22,600 "mighty men
of valor" (1 Chronicles 7:2). (2) One of the Judges, the son of Puah, a man ...
/t/tola.htm - 10k

Puvah (2 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia PUAH; PUVAH. ... In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified
with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. ...
/p/puvah.htm - 8k

Pu'ah (3 Occurrences)
Pu'ah. Puah, Pu'ah. Public . Multi-Version Concordance ... (DBY RSV). 1 Chronicles
7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ...
/p/pu'ah.htm - 7k

Midwife (4 Occurrences)
... passage in the Talmud (Cotah 2 b) in which it is said that the two midwives had
different duties, Shiphrah being the one who dressed the infant, Puah, the one ...
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Tappuah (8 Occurrences)

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Issachar (40 Occurrences)
... Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the
son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of ...
/i/issachar.htm - 26k

Bible Concordance

Puah (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 46:13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
(BBE DBY NIV)

Exodus 1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:23 The sons of Issachar, after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites;
(DBY NIV)

Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Puah

Puah: A Hebrew Midwife

Puah: Father of Tola

Related Terms

Tap'puah (5 Occurrences)

En-tap'puah (1 Occurrence)

Beth-tap'puah (1 Occurrence)

Tola (5 Occurrences)

Puvah (2 Occurrences)

Pu'ah (3 Occurrences)