“Puah” means splendid

1. The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.)
2. The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:1) elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua.
3. One of the two midwives to whom Pharaoh gave instructions to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth. (Exodus 1:15) (B.C. 1571.)