Bible Person
Meaning: mouth; corner; bush of hair · Male · 1 cross reference
This Puah entry refers to the Hebrew midwife in Exodus 1:15, not to the ancestor in Judges 10:1. This figure belongs to the earliest acts of faithful resistance in Israel's oppression narrative. First appears in Exod 1:15.1
AI summary: This Puah matters because this single cross reference preserves a woman's courageous refusal to obey Pharaoh's murderous command. The entry shows that Israel's survival in Egypt depended in part on hidden, costly obedience from ordinary people who feared God. Taken together, the material presents this Puah as a midwife whose faith resisted oppression.1
Central Figure
Puah
Meaning: mouth; corner; bush of hair
One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex.
One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex. 1:15-21). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Exod |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.