Hebrew word · H6312

פּוּאָה

pu'ah

Puah

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.13;

son of: Issachar (H3485);

brother of: Tola (H8439), Jashub (H3437H) and Shimron (H8110B); also called Puvah (KJV: Phuvah) at Gen.46.13; 1xPunite at Num.26.23;

Also named: pu.ni (פּוּנִי "Punite" H6324)

§ Puah or Pua or Phuvah = "splendid"

1) son of Issachar

1a) also 'Pua' and 'Phuvah'

2) man of Issachar, father of Tola, the judge of Israel after Abimelech

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 46:13 וּפֻוָּ֖ה and Puah

    The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:23 לְפֻוָ֕ה of Puah

    These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,

Judges · 1

  1. Judges 10:1 פּוּאָ֛ה Puah

    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:1 וּפוּאָ֛ה and Puah

    The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

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