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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6326 - פּוּעָה

Transliteration
Pûwʻâh
Phonetics
poo-aw'
Root Word (Etymology)
from an unused root meaning to glitter
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Feminine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Exodus 1
NAS (1)
Exodus 1
HCS (1)
Exodus 1
BSB (1)
Exodus 1
WEB (0)
WEB (1)
Exodus 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מּוּעָה proper name, feminine a midwife Exodus 1:15, Φουα.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פּוּעָה (i.q. Arabic فُوهَةُ “mouth;” according to the opinion of Simonis, for יְפוּעָה “splendid”), [Puah], pr.n. f. Exodus 1:15.


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List of Word Forms
פּוּעָֽה׃ פועה׃ pū‘āh pū·‘āh puAh
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