Given name
Puvah
“mouth”·“edge”
Puvah is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “mouth.”
Original Hebrewפואה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Puvah means “mouth” or “edge.”
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Where it comes from
Puvah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun peh (פה), “mouth or edge.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Puvah appears in Numbers 26:23.
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Puvah’s family of names
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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