Puah פּוּעָה
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| פּוּעָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | puah |
| Strong's number | H6326 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Puah |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Puah (Hebrew פּוּעָה, Strong's H6326) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Puah”. It occurs 1 time.
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
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | puah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | puah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Puah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 1:15And 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:Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).