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Puah

A woman, in the time of Egypt and Wilderness · named in 1 verse

the name means brilliancy Strong's Lexicon

Puah, one of the two Hebrew midwives, along with Shiphrah, who defied Pharaoh's order to kill male Hebrew babies.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

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).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Exodus 1:15.

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