Bible Dictionary

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 (Judg. 10:1).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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 (Judg. 10:1).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(splendid).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

PU'AH (mouth). Of the tribe of Issachar, who judged Israel after Abimelech. Jud 10:1. One of the two midwives whom Pharaoh ordered to kill all Hebrew male children at their birth. Ex 1:15-21.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

mouth; corner; bush of hair