Strong's H6326 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: פּוּעָה (Pûwʻâh)

Pronunciation: poo-aw'

Morphology: n-pr-f

Name Meaning: Puah = "splendid"

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy;

Definition: Puah, an Israelitess

KJV Renderings: Puah.

Senses

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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.