Puah

2 verses

Genesis

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

Matthew George Easton, 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).

William Smith, 1884

(splendid).

(1.) The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.)

(2.) The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 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. (Exodus 1:15) (B.C. 1571.)