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Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6326

פּוּעָה

pu.ah · “Puah”

Used 1 times across 1 book

Definition
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
§ 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
Where it appears
Exodus
1
In the text
Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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