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Puah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Pu'ah. (splendid).

1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar, and judge of Israel, after Abimelech. Judges 10:1. (B.C. 1211).

2. The son of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 7:1, elsewhere called Phuvah, and Pua.

3. 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).

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Puah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​p/puah.html. 1901.
 
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