Strong H6326פּוּעָה
Puah
- Transliteration
- pû‛âh
- Pronunciation
- poo-aw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
From an unused root meaning to glitter;
brilliancy;
{Puah} an Israelitess: - Puah.
brilliancy;
{Puah} an Israelitess: - Puah.
Meaning of the name
Puah = "splendid"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
In the biblical story
Puah
Hebrew midwife in Egypt
Puah, one of the two Hebrew midwives, along with Shiphrah, who defied Pharaoh's order to kill male Hebrew babies.
In the Bible
Strong H6326 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- puah1
First verses
- 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: