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 (Exodus 1:15-21). (2.) A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PUAH; PUVAH pu'-a, pu'-va: (1) pu'ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they arrived. Their act is spoken of as being meritorious in the eyes of the Lord, who is said to have rewarded them by making "houses" for them (Exodus 1:15-20). In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. According to another tradition Puah was a proselyte. (2) pu'ah, in 1 Chronicles 7:1; puwwah, in Genesis 46:13 Numbers 26:23; written also "Pua" the King James Version, and "Puvah" Revised Version: Second son of Issachar, ancestor of the Punites, enumerated in the desert census taken by Moses and Eleazar. (3) pu'ah: Member of the tribe of Issachar, mentioned (Judges 10:1) as the son of Dodo and the father of Tola, the judge. Ella Davis Isaacs

Multi-Version Concordance Puah (5 Occurrences) Genesis 46:13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron; (BBE DBY NIV) Exodus 1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Numbers 26:23 The sons of Issachar, after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites; (DBY NIV) Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)