Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #6326: Puw`ah (pronounced poo-aw')

from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy; Puah, an Israelitess:--Puah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pû‛âh

Puah = "splendid"

1) one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine

Relation: from an unused root meaning to glitter

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Exodus 1:15: "was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:"