one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses
Usually translated as
Puah
Origin
from an unused root meaning to glitter; brilliancy
Occurrences
Pûwʻâh occurs 1 time in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1)
Exodus 1:15 — And 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 (פּוּעָֽה):