HebrewH6326Proper Noun (Feminine)
פּוּעָה
pu.ah
“Puah”
1Occurrences
H6326Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Puah, an Israelitess
from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at § 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
פּוּעָה appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Exodus
1
Key Passages
Exodus 1:15BSB
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.