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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(mouth). (1)
Father
of
Tola
, a judge of
Israel
(
Judg. 10:1
1
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)
). (2) An Egyptian midwife (
Ex. 1:15
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: (Exodus 1:15)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
One of the
midwives
who preserved the male
Hebrew
children
, contrary to the commandment of the king (
Ex. 1:15
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: (Exodus 1:15)
).
2.
Father
of
Tola
, of the tribe of
Issachar
(
Judg. 10:1
1
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)
).
3.
The name apparently given to
Phuvah
(
1 Chron. 7:1
1
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (1 Chronicles 7:1)
).
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
he was scattered : pained (as a woman in travail): displayed (Ex. 1:15)