Reference: Puah

splendid. (1.) One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex 1:15-21).

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

1. One of the Hebrew midwives (Ex 1:15). 2. Father of Tola (Jg 10:1). In Ge 46:13; Nu 26:23 [Puvah], 1Ch 7:1, he is Tola's brother.

1. One of the midwives who preserved the male Hebrew children, contrary to the commandment of the king. Ex 1:15.

2. Father of Tola, of the tribe of Issachar. Jg 10:1.

3. The name apparently given to PHUVAH in 1Ch 7:1.

Pu'ah

(splendid).

1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech.

Jg 10:1

(B.C. 1211.)

2. The son of Issachar,

1Ch 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.

Ex 1:15

(B.C. 1571.)